50247 State Center, IA is a small rural town located in central Iowa. It is home to a diverse population of citizens who have an active interest in their local politics. The city has numerous political candidates who are actively working to represent the interests of their constituents. Locals take part in various forms of civic engagement such as attending town meetings, making donations and volunteering on campaigns. Issues that are important to the citizens include education, public safety, transportation and other local matters that affect the quality of life for all residents. With a strong sense of community pride and dedication to maintaining a high standard of living for its citizens, 50247 State Center, IA continues to be a vibrant and thriving place to live.
The political climate in Zip 50247 (State Center, IA) is somewhat conservative.
Marshall County, IA is leaning conservative. In Marshall County, IA 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marshall county remained moderately Republican, 52.8% to 45.1%.
Marshall county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50247 (State Center, IA) is somewhat conservative.
State Center, Iowa is somewhat conservative.
Marshall County, Iowa is leaning conservative.
Marshalltown 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.
State Center, Iowa: r r d 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 50247 (State Center)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $80 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $10 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,580 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)