The small rural town of Washta, IA (51061) is an unincorporated community located in the Cherokee County of Iowa. Despite its small size, Washta has a strong political presence with a diverse range of opinions and beliefs from its citizens. The residents of Washta are passionate about their local politics and take an active part in voting to determine their representatives. State-level elections are held every two years and they also have regular local elections for members of the town’s council. The issues on the ballot can range from environmental protection to education standards, but all the candidates always seem to agree on one thing; that Washta should remain a wonderful place for its citizens to live, work, and raise families.
The political climate in Zip 51061 (Washta, IA) is very conservative.
Cherokee County, IA is very conservative. In Cherokee County, IA 29.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cherokee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 29.7%.
Cherokee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51061 (Washta, IA) is very conservative.
Washta, Iowa is very conservative.
Cherokee 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.
Washta, 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 51061 (Washta)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $40 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)