The politics of 50666 Plainfield, IA are represented by a number of local government officials who have been elected to serve the residents. At the state level, the city is represented in the Iowa House of Representatives by Representative Lee Hein and Senator Liz Mathis, both Democrats. At the county level, residents are served by Supervisor Joe Fagan and Auditor Denise Fraise, both Republicans. On a national level, 50666 Plainfield is represented by Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer and Senator Joni Ernst, both Republicans. All of these representatives work hard to ensure that the needs and interests of residents in their respective jurisdictions are met through responsible governance and public policy implementation. Additionally, Plainfield citizens can engage in local politics through various town meetings and other public forums to voice their opinions or express any concerns about their community.
The political climate in Zip 50666 (Plainfield, IA) is moderately conservative.
Bremer County, IA is somewhat conservative. In Bremer County, IA 41.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bremer county remained very strongly Republican, 57.0% to 41.0%.
Bremer county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50666 (Plainfield, IA) is moderately conservative.
Plainfield, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Bremer County, Iowa is somewhat conservative.
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Plainfield, Iowa: r r 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 50666 (Plainfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $913 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)