Vail, Iowa is a small town located in Pottawattamie County and is part of the Council Bluffs metropolitan area. While Vail does not have its own local political candidates or its own population count, it is still an important part of the larger political landscape in the area. The Council Bluffs city government governs over Vail, and all citizens of Vail are eligible to vote in Council Bluffs elections and have access to other local resources. At the state level, Iowa's Governor Kim Reynolds, Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg, as well as their representatives in both the House of Representatives and Senate represent Vail residents. Additionally, local issues such as tax rate changes or funding for public works projects can be decided by the Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors. All citizens of Vail should be aware of their opportunities to have their voices heard through voting and participating in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 51465 (Vail, IA) is very conservative.
Crawford County, IA is very conservative. In Crawford County, IA 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crawford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 31.0%.
Crawford county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51465 (Vail, IA) is very conservative.
Vail, Iowa is very conservative.
Crawford 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.
Vail, Iowa: r R d 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 51465 (Vail)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $1,026 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $257 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $2,075 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $415 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)