Sioux City, IA is a city in the state of Iowa with the zip code of 51108. Politically, it leans towards the more conservative side, and is represented in politics by several legislators from both parties. In the US House of Representatives, Sioux City is represented by Republican Steve King, who has held the seat since 2003. The Iowa Senate District 4 seat is held by Republican Jim Carlin since 2015. At the local level of government, County Supervisor Dan Kelly represents Sioux City and Woodbury County, and Mayor Bob Scott serves as head of city government for Sioux City. All three candidates are Republicans representing conservative values for their constituents in Sioux City.
The political climate in Zip 51108 (Sioux City, IA) is somewhat conservative.
Woodbury County, IA is somewhat conservative. In Woodbury County, IA 41.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Woodbury county remained very strongly Republican, 56.7% to 41.2%.
Woodbury county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51108 (Sioux City, IA) is somewhat conservative.
Sioux City, Iowa is somewhat conservative.
Woodbury County, Iowa is somewhat conservative.
Sioux City Metro Area is strongly 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.
Sioux City, Iowa: r r r d 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 51108 (Sioux City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 148 contributions totaling $13,542 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $90,636 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,092 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)