Traer, IA is a small town of just under 1,000 people in Tama County. As such, citizens of Traer get to take part in local politics like all other towns and cities in the area. Currently, the city council consists of five members who are elected for four-year terms. The mayor of Traer is currently James Kralovec and he has been serving since 2006. Additionally, there are various committees and boards that are appointed by the mayor and approved by the city council that help carry out the day-to-day operations of Traer's government. The purpose of these committees and boards is to ensure that Traer remains a safe and prosperous community for its citizens. All residents of 50675 Traer have an opportunity to be involved in local politics by attending meetings, volunteering on committees or boards, or even running for office themselves.
The political climate in Zip 50675 (Traer, IA) is moderately conservative.
Tama County, IA is moderately conservative. In Tama County, IA 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tama county remained very strongly Republican, 58.6% to 39.5%.
Tama county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50675 (Traer, IA) is moderately conservative.
Traer, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Tama County, Iowa is moderately 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.
Traer, Iowa: d d 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 50675 (Traer)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $5,076 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $299 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $5,305 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)