Politics in 51571 Silver City, IA involve many of the same issues as in other cities in Iowa. Many of the local concerns involve topics such as infrastructure, public safety, taxation, and education. While all these topics are important to residents of Silver City, they also take part in national politics and current events. The local political scene is made up of several different organizations including the city councils, county sheriff's office, local school boards and community organizations. All these different groups help shape the policies and laws that govern their town. They also ensure that everyone has a voice in the conversations that happen within the town limits. Local political candidates run for a variety of offices such as mayor and council members while trying to make their case for why they should be elected. These candidates put forth their own ideas on how to improve Silver City and work hard to communicate with their constituents so they can make sure they understand what is going on in town.
The political climate in Zip 51571 (Silver City, IA) is very conservative.
Mills County, IA is very conservative. In Mills County, IA 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mills county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.5% to 30.3%.
Mills county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51571 (Silver City, IA) is very conservative.
Silver City, Iowa is very conservative.
Mills County, Iowa is very conservative.
Omaha-Council Bluffs Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Silver City, 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 51571 (Silver City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $150 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $775 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)