Pocahontas, IA is a small town located in Pocahontas County, with a population of just over 3,000. The town is home to many families and businesses, as well as the city government. Its local political candidates are always working hard to ensure the best interests of the community are taken into consideration when making policy decisions. Recently they have worked to keep taxes low while still providing services such as public safety, street maintenance and parks. They have also focused on improving infrastructure and economic development in order to attract new businesses and visitors to the area. All of these efforts help make Pocahontas a great place for families and business owners alike.
The political climate in Zip 50574 (Pocahontas, IA) is strongly conservative.
Pocahontas County, IA is very conservative. In Pocahontas County, IA 24.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pocahontas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.9% to 24.4%.
Pocahontas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50574 (Pocahontas, IA) is strongly conservative.
Pocahontas, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Pocahontas County, Iowa is very 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.
Pocahontas, Iowa: R R r R 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 50574 (Pocahontas)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $771 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $3,470 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)