The city of Royal, IA (51357) is an active and vibrant community with strong local politics. Residents take pride in their voting rights and are eager to express their support for the community through participating in local elections. The city’s mayor, council members, and other elected officials serve the citizens of Royal with dedication and commitment, working together to ensure that the city remains a great place to live. All city-level elections are open to registered voters in Royal, providing them with numerous opportunities to make their voices heard in matters concerning their community. In order to keep up with the latest news on upcoming elections and initiatives put forth by current elected officials, citizens can visit the City of Royal website or attend council meetings held regularly at City Hall.
The political climate in Zip 51357 (Royal, IA) is very conservative.
Clay County, IA is very conservative. In Clay County, IA 29.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.4% to 29.7%.
Clay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51357 (Royal, IA) is very conservative.
Royal, Iowa is very conservative.
Clay County, Iowa is very conservative.
Spencer Metro Area is very 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.
Royal, 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 51357 (Royal)
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 5 contributions totaling $1,850 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $370 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)