The small town of Steamboat Rock, IA (zip code 50672) is located in Hardin County and has a population of around 500 people. Politically speaking, the people of this community are represented by Iowa State Senators Amanda Ragan (Democrat) and Tim Kraayenbrink (Republican). The City Council consists of five members including Mayor David Blythe and Council Members Kathleen Jones, Jeff Simonson, Kayla Meiners and Dave Park. The citizens of Steamboat Rock take an active role in their local politics, with many attending city council meetings to voice their opinions on current proposals and initiatives. This tight-knit community works together to ensure that the needs of all residents are met while maintaining a safe and prosperous environment for future generations.
The political climate in Zip 50672 (Steamboat Rock, IA) is strongly conservative.
Hardin County, IA is very conservative. In Hardin County, IA 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hardin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 33.1%.
Hardin county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50672 (Steamboat Rock, IA) is strongly conservative.
Steamboat Rock, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Hardin 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.
Steamboat Rock, Iowa: r r d 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 50672 (Steamboat Rock)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)