Sioux City, IA is located in Woodbury County and is home to an estimated population of 82,846 people. It has a mayor-council government structure which is headed by the mayor, Bob Scott. The city council consists of seven members that are elected from five wards and two at-large seats. The city council meets twice a month and sets policy for the city. Issues such as economic development, public safety, infrastructure improvement and zoning are discussed and voted upon. Local political candidates for Sioux City run for office on the nonpartisan ballot during the primary election in June and general election in November each year. Through this system, Sioux City residents have direct input into their municipal government so they can ensure that their needs are being met.
The political climate in Zip 51109 (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 51109 (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 51109 (Sioux City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $237 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $2,315 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)