The small rural town of Schaller, IA with the zip code 51053 is home to a tight-knit and involved community. The local politics focus on making sure that their town's needs are being met in every way, from providing necessary public services to maintaining the growth and prosperity of local businesses. There are currently five elected officials who make up the Town Council: Mayor Robert Koehler, Deputy Mayor Carol Bury, Council Member Nick Reimeyer, Council Member Penny Rufenacht, and Council Member David Thiele. These individuals are all committed to ensuring that all of the citizens of Schaller are provided with a safe and secure environment in which they can live and thrive. Through their efforts, Schaller has built strong relationships within the community which allow them to work together towards common goals.
The political climate in Zip 51053 (Schaller, IA) is very conservative.
Sac County, IA is very conservative. In Sac County, IA 25.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sac county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.4% to 25.1%.
Sac county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51053 (Schaller, IA) is very conservative.
Schaller, Iowa is very conservative.
Sac 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.
Schaller, 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 51053 (Schaller)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $360 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $1,926 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)