The small community of Kimballton, IA (zip code 51543) is represented in local politics by a council consisting of five members and a mayor. With a population estimated to hover just under 500 people, the local government works diligently to ensure the needs of the community are being met. Kimballton's mayor is Linda Quigley, and the council consists of Vice-Mayor David Abramson, Billie Jo Hardy, Jeff Swanson, Pam Anderson and Lorraine Mason. The council meets regularly to discuss issues that affect their constituents and work together to best meet the needs of the small town. Local elections take place every four years in November for both the mayor and city council positions. In this election cycle, Mayor Linda Quigley and Councilors Billie Jo Hardy, Jeff Swanson and Lorraine Mason will be running for re-election while Vice-Mayor David Abramson will not be running for another term in office.
The political climate in Zip 51543 (Kimballton, IA) is very conservative.
Audubon County, IA is very conservative. In Audubon County, IA 31.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Audubon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.1% to 31.3%.
Audubon county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51543 (Kimballton, IA) is very conservative.
Kimballton, Iowa is very conservative.
Audubon 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.
Kimballton, Iowa: r r d 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 51543 (Kimballton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $1,050 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $3,279 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $410 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)