Politics in 51012 Cherokee, IA are largely determined by the local government. Leadership for the city of Cherokee is comprised of a Mayor and City Council members who serve four year terms. The Mayor is elected at large, while the six council members represent their respective wards. All elected officials oversee various city departments, such as public safety, municipal services, parks and recreation, and more. Aside from local government, 51012 also has representatives on both state and federal levels. In the Iowa House of Representatives, 51012 is represented by Representative Skylar Cavanaugh. At the national level, Senator Charles Grassley serves all Iowans in Congress. All representatives remain committed to ensuring that 51012 residents have access to quality services and resources available to them at both the state and federal levels.
The political climate in Zip 51012 (Cherokee, IA) is strongly conservative.
Cherokee County, IA is very conservative. In Cherokee County, IA 29.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cherokee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 29.7%.
Cherokee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51012 (Cherokee, IA) is strongly conservative.
Cherokee, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Cherokee 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.
Cherokee, 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 51012 (Cherokee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 95 contributions totaling $3,810 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 116 contributions totaling $20,525 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)