Pilot Mound, IA is located in Boone County and is home to a population of around 1,131 people. It is overseen by the Pilot Mound City Council, which consists of five members that are elected to two-year terms. The Mayor serves as the presiding officer of the Council and is elected to a four-year term. Local political candidates running for office vary from year to year depending on who has filed to run for their respective offices. Generally speaking, candidates in Pilot Mound tend to be very active in their community, with many having deep roots in the area. They often make it their mission to ensure that Pilot Mound remains an inviting town and provide services that benefit both its residents and visitors alike.
The political climate in Zip 50223 (Pilot Mound, IA) is moderately conservative.
Boone County, IA is somewhat conservative. In Boone County, IA 41.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Boone county remained very strongly Republican, 56.7% to 41.1%.
Boone county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50223 (Pilot Mound, IA) is moderately conservative.
Pilot Mound, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Boone County, Iowa is somewhat conservative.
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Iowa is leaning conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Pilot Mound, Iowa: d d d d R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 50223 (Pilot Mound)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)