The small town of 51654 Thurman, IA is a closely knit community with a population of approximately 1,800 people. As such, the local politics are very important to the citizens of Thurman and are taken seriously. The town elects a mayor as well as five city council members every two years to represent their interests in local government. The current Mayor is Robert Smith and he has been in office since 2012. There are currently four women and one man on the council all of whom have served for several years. All candidates are known for their dedication to the betterment of Thurman and its residents, ensuring that everyone's voices are heard in the decision-making process. Over the past few years, there has been much progress made thanks to the hard work of these elected officials and they continue to strive for improvements in areas such as infrastructure development, economic growth, and community engagement initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 51654 (Thurman, IA) is very conservative.
Fremont County, IA is very conservative. In Fremont County, IA 28.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fremont county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.3% to 28.0%.
Fremont county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51654 (Thurman, IA) is very conservative.
Thurman, Iowa is very conservative.
Fremont 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.
Thurman, 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 51654 (Thurman)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $264 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $405 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)