Sumner, IA (50674) is located in the northeastern corner of Franklin County. As a small community, Sumner has a close-knit population of around 1,000 people. The town is governed by a five-member city council and mayor. Local elections are held every four years for these positions and the current Mayor is Ken Vogeler who was elected in 2018. The local political issues that arise are typically centered around budgeting and maintaining the town’s infrastructure. The City Council also works to ensure that Sumner remains safe, vibrant, and welcoming to all residents.
The political climate in Zip 50674 (Sumner, IA) is moderately conservative.
Bremer County, IA is somewhat conservative. In Bremer County, IA 41.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bremer county remained very strongly Republican, 57.0% to 41.0%.
Bremer county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50674 (Sumner, IA) is moderately conservative.
Sumner, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Bremer County, Iowa is somewhat conservative.
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Metro Area is leaning 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.
Sumner, 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 50674 (Sumner)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $475 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $10,898 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $179 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)