The small town of Clemons, Iowa (zip code 50051) is a rural community that prides itself on its close-knit spirit. It has a long history as a farming community and the local politics are reflective of the values held by most of its citizens: fiscal responsibility, support for agriculture, and protection of the area鈥檚 natural heritage. The town's Mayor serves as the chief executive officer and works alongside the City Council to pass laws, regulations, and ordinances that ensure Clemons remains a great place to live. With their commitment to honest government and fiscal stewardship, city leaders have managed to keep taxes low while still providing excellent public services. Local elections provide residents with an opportunity to make their voices heard when it comes to determining who gets to make important decisions about how their community should move forward.
The political climate in Zip 50051 (Clemons, IA) is somewhat conservative.
Marshall County, IA is leaning conservative. In Marshall County, IA 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marshall county remained moderately Republican, 52.8% to 45.1%.
Marshall county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50051 (Clemons, IA) is somewhat conservative.
Clemons, Iowa is somewhat conservative.
Marshall County, Iowa is leaning conservative.
Marshalltown Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Clemons, Iowa: r r d d 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 50051 (Clemons)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $5,340 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)