Seymour, IA is a quaint town located in central Iowa. Despite the small population, it has a vibrant political landscape. The local politics of Seymour are run by the City Council and Mayor. The City Council consists of five elected members who are responsible for making laws and ordinances that affect the city. The Mayor is also elected by the citizens and serves as the executive leader for Seymour. They are tasked with overseeing daily operations, including budgeting and implementation of programs that benefit residents. In recent years, there have been several initiatives to help grow Seymour economically and improve quality of life for its citizens. Local elections are held every two years to elect new representatives to serve on City Council or become Mayor. All residents are encouraged to get involved in their local government and take part in shaping their community’s future.
The political climate in Zip 52590 (Seymour, IA) is very conservative.
Wayne County, IA is very conservative. In Wayne County, IA 23.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 23.4%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52590 (Seymour, IA) is very conservative.
Seymour, Iowa is very conservative.
Wayne 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.
Seymour, 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 52590 (Seymour)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)