52356 Wellman, IA is a small rural town located in the Midwestern United States. The politics of 52356 Wellman, IA are largely influenced by its citizens and local leaders. While there are no current political candidates for the area, local residents have shown an active interest in civic engagement. They regularly attend town hall meetings to voice their opinions on important topics such as education, healthcare, public safety and infrastructure. Community organizations such as the local Chamber of Commerce also help shape the political climate of 52356 Wellman by advocating for their members' interests and helping to promote economic development initiatives. By engaging with their elected officials and making sure their voices are heard, residents of 52356 Wellman are driving positive change in their community and taking an active role in determining the future of politics in their town.
The political climate in Zip 52356 (Wellman, IA) is moderately conservative.
Washington County, IA is moderately conservative. In Washington County, IA 38.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.3% to 38.8%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52356 (Wellman, IA) is moderately conservative.
Wellman, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Washington County, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Iowa City Metro Area is very 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.
Wellman, 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 52356 (Wellman)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 118 contributions totaling $5,057 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $2,772 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)