Story City, IA is a small town in Iowa with a population of about 3,500. It is located in Story County and has been an active part of the Iowa political landscape for many years. The city’s residents are politically diverse and vote for a variety of candidates from both major parties. In recent years, there have been several local elections that have been hotly contested by multiple candidates from different parties. These elections are key to shaping the future direction of Story City, IA as they decide who will represent the people in local government positions. The people of this town take great pride in their involvement in their civic duty and make sure that all voices are heard during election time. As such, local political candidates frequently visit Story City, IA to meet and speak with voters in order to learn more about their needs and wants.
The political climate in Zip 50248 (Story City, IA) is leaning liberal.
Story County, IA is moderately liberal. In Story County, IA 57.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Story county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.2% to 39.9%.
Story county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50248 (Story City, IA) is leaning liberal.
Story City, Iowa is leaning liberal.
Story County, Iowa is moderately liberal.
Ames Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Story City, Iowa: d d D D D D
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 50248 (Story City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $2,158 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 67 contributions totaling $10,902 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)