The small city of Winterset, IA (zip code 50273) is a part of the larger Madison County. It has a local government that consists of an elected city council and mayor. It is also part of Iowa's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives and Iowa's 11th district in the state senate. In addition to these layers of government, Madison County also has its own boards and commissions as well as school boards for each municipality. All local political candidates are chosen by local citizens who participate in elections that take place every two years. The citizens of Winterset take pride in making sure their city remains safe, clean, and prosperous through engaging with their local government officials and staying up-to-date on any election news or current legislation that could affect their day-to-day lives.
The political climate in Zip 50273 (Winterset, IA) is strongly conservative.
Madison County, IA is very conservative. In Madison County, IA 31.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 31.9%.
Madison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50273 (Winterset, IA) is strongly conservative.
Winterset, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Madison County, Iowa is very conservative.
Des Moines-West Des Moines Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Winterset, 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 50273 (Winterset)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 302 contributions totaling $18,814 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 89 contributions totaling $13,669 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)