New Hartford, Iowa is an unincorporated community in Butler County with a population of around 50 people. It has no local political candidates, and instead is governed by the Butler County Board of Supervisors elected from districts across the county. The board members are responsible for overseeing the county’s budget and making decisions on issues such as public safety, infrastructure projects, and economic development initiatives. The board is also responsible for providing services to New Hartford residents such as zoning regulations, road maintenance, and library programs. The board meets monthly to discuss topics important to the county and are always open to input from New Hartford’s small population. Residents of New Hartfor can voice their opinions at these meetings or directly contact their supervisor if they have any questions or concerns related to local politics.
The political climate in Zip 50660 (New Hartford, IA) is very conservative.
Butler County, IA is very conservative. In Butler County, IA 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.4% to 29.9%.
Butler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50660 (New Hartford, IA) is very conservative.
New Hartford, Iowa is very conservative.
Butler 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.
New Hartford, 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 50660 (New Hartford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 46 contributions totaling $3,790 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)