The small town of 50074 Sun Valley Lake, IA is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The Mayor is elected to serve a four year term and is responsible for setting the legislative agenda for the city council. The City Council consists of five members who are elected to serve staggered two year terms. They are responsible for enacting laws and ordinances that reflect the needs and desires of the community.
In addition to what the mayor and council provide, there are other opportunities for residents to get involved in local politics through voter registration drives, town hall meetings, informational seminars, and other community activities. 50074 Sun Valley Lake citizens also have a say in state and federal elections by voting in all elections held within their precinct. The city prides itself on its active political engagement as it helps promote an informed electorate that can make informed decisions about important issues that affect their lives.
The political climate in Zip 50074 (Sun Valley Lake, IA) is very conservative.
Ringgold County, IA is very conservative. In Ringgold County, IA 26.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ringgold county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.5% to 26.1%.
Ringgold county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50074 (Sun Valley Lake, IA) is very conservative.
Sun Valley Lake, Iowa is very conservative.
Ringgold 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.
Sun Valley Lake, Iowa: r r r 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 50074 (Sun Valley Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $2,345 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)