The town of Rudd, IA (Zip Code 50471) has a long history of political involvement in the area. Located in Floyd County, residents are actively engaged in the political process at both the local and state level. The county has traditionally leaned Republican, with several current and former elected officials from both parties representing the area. At the state level, Senator Tim Kapucian serves District 38 which includes Rudd. Additionally, Representative David Kerr represents House District 51 which also includes Rudd. Local elections are held every two years for offices such as mayor, city council members, and other advisory roles. These leaders work on behalf of their constituents to make decisions that will benefit the town as a whole. Through direct engagement by citizens in local elections and support of state representatives, Rudd is able to maintain its vibrant political culture.
The political climate in Zip 50471 (Rudd, IA) is moderately conservative.
Floyd County, IA is moderately conservative. In Floyd County, IA 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Floyd county remained very strongly Republican, 58.9% to 39.5%.
Floyd county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50471 (Rudd, IA) is moderately conservative.
Rudd, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Floyd County, Iowa is moderately 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.
Rudd, Iowa: d d D D 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 50471 (Rudd)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $189 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $1,047 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)