The city of Urbandale, Iowa (50323) enjoys a status as one of the most politically active cities in the region. With a population of around 45,000, Urbandale boasts several prominent local politicians who work hard to ensure that their constituents receive fair representation. These include members of the State House and Senate, as well as representatives in local government. The Mayor is also an elected official and performs an important role in ensuring the daily functioning of the City. Politically engaged citizens take great pride in their hometown and are actively involved in making sure that their voices are heard on issues such as taxes, public education, infrastructure improvements, recreation programs and other matters that affect quality of life in Urbandale.
The political climate in Zip 50323 (Urbandale, IA) is leaning 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 50323 (Urbandale, IA) is leaning liberal.
Urbandale, Iowa is leaning 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 50323 (Urbandale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 641 contributions totaling $147,277 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $230 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 587 contributions totaling $213,036 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $363 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)