In the small town of 50599 Woolstock, IA, politics is an important part of life for many of its citizens. The town is served by a nonpartisan mayor as well as a city council made up of seven members. The mayor and council are elected to serve a four-year term, and are responsible for making and passing laws that affect the citizens of Woolstock. Community involvement is encouraged through various initiatives such as public hearings and community surveys. Mayor Joe Smith has been working hard to help revitalize downtown Woolstock and make it an attractive place for businesses to invest in. He has also been working with the city council on various initiatives to keep taxes low while maintaining high standards for public safety and infrastructure. This commitment to fiscal responsibility has helped keep Woolstock an affordable place to live for its citizens, while still being able to provide services like safe streets, clean parks, and thriving schools.
The political climate in Zip 50599 (Woolstock, IA) is very conservative.
Wright County, IA is very conservative. In Wright County, IA 31.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wright county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.1% to 31.9%.
Wright county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50599 (Woolstock, IA) is very conservative.
Woolstock, Iowa is very conservative.
Wright 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.
Woolstock, 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 50599 (Woolstock)
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 $10,687 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,336 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)