The small town of 52175 West Union, IA is a rural community with a population of approximately 2000 people. The politics here are generally conservative, with a focus on fiscal responsibility and limited government. Local politicians are focused on ensuring that the infrastructure and services needed by residents remain up-to-date and sufficient for the local residents. There have been several town hall meetings in recent years to discuss the various issues facing the community, such as economic development, education, healthcare, and public safety. Additionally, there have been efforts to engage younger members of the community in politics through initiatives like internships and youth leadership programs. Overall, 52175 West Union is an active political community that works together to ensure that their voices are heard at the local level.
The political climate in Zip 52175 (West Union, IA) is moderately conservative.
Fayette County, IA is moderately conservative. In Fayette County, IA 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fayette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.3% to 37.6%.
Fayette county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52175 (West Union, IA) is moderately conservative.
West Union, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Fayette County, Iowa is moderately 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.
West Union, Iowa: r d D D 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 52175 (West Union)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 83 contributions totaling $15,900 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $3,542 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)