The small city of 51467 Westside, IA is an area with a rich and vibrant political landscape. There are a wide variety of local political candidates in the area that have been elected to serve as their city's representatives and help shape the direction of the community. These political candidates come from diverse backgrounds and represent a range of ideologies, giving the citizens of Westside a number of options for selecting their local government. The elections held in this area are hotly contested and much attention is given to the needs and opinions of both voters and candidates alike. This helps ensure that those elected into office have their constituents' best interests at heart when making decisions impacting the future of Westside.
The political climate in Zip 51467 (Westside, IA) is very conservative.
Crawford County, IA is very conservative. In Crawford County, IA 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crawford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 31.0%.
Crawford county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51467 (Westside, IA) is very conservative.
Westside, Iowa is very conservative.
Crawford 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.
Westside, Iowa: r R d 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 51467 (Westside)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $672 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)