The city of Whiting, Iowa is a small rural community with a population of just over 500 people. With such a small population, there are not many political candidates that represent the local area. The governing body for the city consists of a Mayor as well as four City Council Members who are elected by the residents of Whiting every two years. These elected representatives strive to make decisions that will benefit the citizens of Whiting in terms of infrastructure, economic development, and public safety. All of these issues are important to the small community and play an important role in ensuring its continued prosperity. In addition to making sure that laws and regulations are followed, elected officials also seek out ways to create better opportunities for the people living in Whiting which can include everything from creating jobs to improving educational programs. Ultimately, the goal is to ensure that all citizens have access to resources that will help them live better lives.
The political climate in Zip 51063 (Whiting, IA) is very conservative.
Monona County, IA is very conservative. In Monona County, IA 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monona county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.7% to 29.8%.
Monona county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51063 (Whiting, IA) is very conservative.
Whiting, Iowa is very conservative.
Monona 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.
Whiting, 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 51063 (Whiting)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 35 contributions totaling $1,805 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,205 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)