Wellsburg, IA 50680 is a small city in Butler County, Iowa. It is known for its close-knit community and friendly atmosphere. While the city does not have a mayor or any other elected office, residents are engaged in politics at the local and state levels. Community members are active in attending political meetings and rallies, discussing issues with their government representatives, and voting in elections. They take pride in being an informed electorate and making their voices heard on important issues that affect their lives. Wellsburg's citizens are passionate about preserving their unique way of life while promoting progress and growth within their city and beyond.
The political climate in Zip 50680 (Wellsburg, IA) is very conservative.
Grundy County, IA is very conservative. In Grundy County, IA 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grundy county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.7% to 30.3%.
Grundy county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50680 (Wellsburg, IA) is very conservative.
Wellsburg, Iowa is very conservative.
Grundy County, Iowa is very conservative.
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Metro Area is leaning 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.
Wellsburg, 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 50680 (Wellsburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $1,002 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)