The city of Urbandale, IA (50322) is governed by a 5-member City Council who are elected at-large from the community. They serve staggered four year terms and are responsible for establishing the policies and procedures that guide the city government. Urbandale has a strong sense of civic pride and its residents take an active role in local politics. Community members often attend City Council meetings to voice their opinions on matters affecting the city. In addition, Urbandale has several initiatives aimed at promoting civic engagement such as voter registration drives and town hall meetings with local political officials. The city also provides resources on its website to help keep citizens informed about issues going before the City Council, upcoming events, and other activities related to local politics.
The political climate in Zip 50322 (Urbandale, IA) is somewhat liberal.
Polk County, IA is somewhat liberal. In Polk County, IA 56.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.5% to 41.3%.
Polk county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50322 (Urbandale, IA) is somewhat liberal.
Urbandale, Iowa is somewhat liberal.
Polk County, Iowa is somewhat liberal.
Des Moines-West Des Moines Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Urbandale, 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 50322 (Urbandale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,668 contributions totaling $135,182 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 549 contributions totaling $89,724 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)