The city of 50226 Polk City, IA is a small town in Iowa with a population of just over 2,000 people. The local political landscape reflects the small size of the town, as it is governed by an elected mayor and council members who work together to ensure that citizens' needs are met. The current mayor is Pat Birt, who has held office since 2013. Alongside Mayor Birt are four other council members: Daniel Mullins, Debra Rood, Terry Williams and Steve Nolte. These five individuals work together to ensure that the community remains vibrant and prosperous through initiatives such as economic development projects and public works improvements. They also pledge to maintain services like quality schools and safe streets in order to provide residents with a high quality of life. Through their collaboration, they strive to make 50226 Polk City a place that all can be proud of to call home.
The political climate in Zip 50226 (Polk City, 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 50226 (Polk City, IA) is leaning liberal.
Polk City, 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.
Polk City, 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 50226 (Polk City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 186 contributions totaling $26,736 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $9,805 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $288 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)