The city of Waukee, IA with the zip code 50263 is a small but thriving community surrounded by vibrant cities and towns. It is part of the Des Moines-West Des Moines metropolitan area and has a population of over 20,000 people. Waukee is home to many businesses and public services that help keep the town running smoothly. In terms of politics, Waukee follows Iowa's state government which is led by Governor Kim Reynolds, a Republican as well as two US Senators from Iowa Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley, both Republicans. The city also elects council members who serve on the City Council which makes decisions on things like roads and parks in the town. Currently, those elected to serve on the City Council are Mayor Matt Bemrich, Chris Goering, Stuart Wentzien, Bob Rasmussen and Mike Watts. All five are Republicans who have served since 2019.
The political climate in Zip 50263 (Waukee, IA) is leaning conservative.
Dallas County, IA is leaning conservative. In Dallas County, IA 48.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dallas county remained narrowly Republican, 50.0% to 48.0%.
Dallas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50263 (Waukee, IA) is leaning conservative.
Waukee, Iowa is leaning conservative.
Dallas County, Iowa is leaning conservative.
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.
Waukee, 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 50263 (Waukee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 460 contributions totaling $105,531 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $229 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 321 contributions totaling $270,183 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $842 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)