The small town of Ute, IA (zip code 51060) is located in the southwest corner of Iowa. Despite its small population, Ute is animated by a vibrant political scene. The local politics are dominated by the Democratic Party, which has held uncontested control over the community for several decades. Residents can engage with local politics by attending city council meetings or voting in local elections. Candidates for local office include those from both major parties as well as independents and third party representatives. Local issues are often discussed at these meetings and during election campaigns, such as taxes, infrastructure projects, education funding and other social issues. Overall, Ute's political scene reflects the values of its citizens as they strive to improve their community and make it a better place to live.
The political climate in Zip 51060 (Ute, IA) is very conservative.
Monona County, IA is very conservative. In Monona County, IA 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monona county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.7% to 29.8%.
Monona county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51060 (Ute, IA) is very conservative.
Ute, Iowa is very conservative.
Monona 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.
Ute, 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 51060 (Ute)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $3,297 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $220 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)