Remsen, Iowa is a small town located in Plymouth County with a population of just over 1,800 people. It is known for its rural landscape and small-town charm. Politically, the area leans conservative and has a strong tradition of Republican representation in local politics. In recent years, local elections have been heavily contested with candidates from both major political parties campaigning for mayor, city council, and school board positions. Recent mayoral candidates include incumbent Kevin Kuchel and challenger Robert Rohe who were elected in 2019. The current City Council members are Wendell Catz, Mark Henrichs, Mandy Knudson-Eggers, Joe Schmitz, Shannon Wurthmann and Todd Young. The School Board Members are Don Dunnwald (President), Jeanie Hoth (Vice President), Janice Smith (Secretary/Treasurer) Jennifer Greinert (Director) and Bill Stahl (Director). These individuals provide an important voice to the citizens of Remsen as they work to ensure that the community maintains its rural character while still providing necessary services such as trash pickup and snow removal for residents.
The political climate in Zip 51050 (Remsen, IA) is very conservative.
Plymouth County, IA is very conservative. In Plymouth County, IA 24.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Plymouth county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.9% to 24.6%.
Plymouth county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51050 (Remsen, IA) is very conservative.
Remsen, Iowa is very conservative.
Plymouth County, Iowa is very conservative.
Sioux City Metro Area is strongly conservative.
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.
Remsen, 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 51050 (Remsen)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43 contributions totaling $1,980 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)