Sheffield, Iowa is a small rural community situated in the northern part of the state. Within this city, there are a variety of political issues that local residents are passionate about. Many people in Sheffield are concerned with the economy and job opportunities available to them as well as maintaining their city’s infrastructure including roads, utilities, and public services. Additionally, they want to ensure educational opportunities for their children as well as an environment where youth activities can be enjoyed. There are many local political candidates who have been elected or appointed to positions within the city. In these positions they work on improving overall conditions while holding public meetings to stay up-to-date on what residents of 50475 Sheffield, IA would like to see addressed in their city's government.
The political climate in Zip 50475 (Sheffield, IA) is strongly conservative.
Franklin County, IA is very conservative. In Franklin County, IA 31.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.7% to 31.7%.
Franklin county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50475 (Sheffield, IA) is strongly conservative.
Sheffield, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Franklin 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.
Sheffield, Iowa: R R d 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 50475 (Sheffield)
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 26 contributions totaling $15,040 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $578 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)