50327 Pleasant Hill, IA is a small community in the midwestern United States. The city is governed by a mayor-council style of government, with the current mayor being Jennifer Bonnett. The council consists of five members who are elected to serve two-year terms in office. The city also has a City Clerk and Treasurer, both appointed positions. Politics in 50327 Pleasant Hill, IA can be described as collaborative and focused on the citizens' best interests. All elected officials work together to make decisions that will benefit all members of the community. They strive to create an environment where everyone feels heard and respected.
The political climate in Zip 50327 (Pleasant Hill, IA) is leaning liberal.
Polk County, IA is somewhat liberal. In Polk County, IA 56.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.5% to 41.3%.
Polk county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50327 (Pleasant Hill, IA) is leaning liberal.
Pleasant Hill, Iowa is leaning liberal.
Polk County, Iowa is somewhat liberal.
Des Moines-West Des Moines Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Pleasant Hill, Iowa: d d D D D D
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 50327 (Pleasant Hill)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 480 contributions totaling $53,576 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 62 contributions totaling $14,590 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)