Woodward, IA is a small city located in Dallas County with a population of around 2,000 people. It is primarily a rural, agricultural area and its local economy is largely driven by farming and the industries that are related to it. Politically, Woodward leans heavily Republican, with most of the local elections in recent years being won by Republican candidates. The city is part of Iowa's 4th congressional district and its representative in the House of Representatives is Republican Steve King. At the state level, Woodward is represented by Republican Tim Kraayenbrink in District 19 of the Iowa Senate and by Republican Zach Nunn in District 38 of the Iowa House. Overall, residents of Woodward tend to support conservative values and policies at both federal and state levels.
The political climate in Zip 50276 (Woodward, IA) is somewhat conservative.
Dallas County, IA is leaning conservative. In Dallas County, IA 48.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dallas county remained narrowly Republican, 50.0% to 48.0%.
Dallas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50276 (Woodward, IA) is somewhat conservative.
Woodward, Iowa is somewhat conservative.
Dallas County, Iowa is leaning 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.
Woodward, 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 50276 (Woodward)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 160 contributions totaling $8,893 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $1,609 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)