Bridgewater, IA is located in the heart of Iowa and is a small town with a population of just over 500 people. This community has a strong sense of unity and community pride due to its long established history within the area. As such, political candidates tend to focus on issues that are important to the local residents such as education, infrastructure, jobs and economic development. Local candidates strive to make sure that their constituents feel represented and heard by taking their thoughts and concerns into consideration when making decisions for the area. They also look for innovative ways to improve living conditions in Bridgewater without sacrificing traditional values or disrupting the culture of this tight-knit community.
The political climate in Zip 50837 (Bridgewater, IA) is very conservative.
Adair County, IA is very conservative. In Adair County, IA 28.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Adair county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 28.7%.
Adair county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50837 (Bridgewater, IA) is very conservative.
Bridgewater, Iowa is very conservative.
Adair 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.
Bridgewater, 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 50837 (Bridgewater)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)