Sharpsburg, IA, located in Tama County, is a small rural town with a population of roughly 515 people. It is home to a variety of community organizations including churches, civic organizations, and the local historical society. Politically speaking, the town votes for Republican candidates in most local and national elections. Currently, the mayor is Republican John Daniel and he is running for reelection this year. The town council consists of five members; three Republicans and two Democrats. This year's election will decide whether or not they remain in control of the council. Issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, and public safety are important to the citizens of Sharpsburg. In addition to that, residents are also concerned about their quality of life which includes topics ranging from access to healthcare to preserving their local heritage and history. All these factors make the politics of Sharpsburg an interesting topic to follow.
The political climate in Zip 50862 (Sharpsburg, IA) is very conservative.
Taylor County, IA is very conservative. In Taylor County, IA 23.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Taylor county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.8% to 23.0%.
Taylor county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50862 (Sharpsburg, IA) is very conservative.
Sharpsburg, Iowa is very conservative.
Taylor 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.
Sharpsburg, 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 50862 (Sharpsburg)
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)