Shenandoah, Iowa is a small city located in Page County, Iowa. The population of the city is 5,126 people according to the most recent census data. The city is governed by a City Council that consists of five members who are elected at large for four year terms. Elections are held every two years and the mayor serves as the presiding officer. Local political candidates in Shenandoah, IA include mayor Richard Hoger and City Council members Mary Eileen Sparks, Les Reeder, Robert McGehee and Kim Martin. The local government works to ensure that citizens have access to quality services such as police protection, safe roads and infrastructure, public education and community development programs. They also strive to create an environment that fosters economic growth within the city through initiatives like business incentives and workforce development.
The political climate in Zip 51601 (Shenandoah, IA) is strongly conservative.
Page County, IA is very conservative. In Page County, IA 27.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Page county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.7% to 27.7%.
Page county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51601 (Shenandoah, IA) is strongly conservative.
Shenandoah, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Page 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.
Shenandoah, 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 51601 (Shenandoah)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $1,997 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $23,476 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $283 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)