Maxwell, IA is a small rural town in Story County with a population of 50161. The area is represented at the state government level by various elected representatives, including Senator Amy Sinclair and Representatives Joel Fry and Steve Olson. All three are members of the Republican Party and have worked to ensure that the needs of their constituents are addressed in the legislature. In addition to representation at the state level, Maxwell also boasts many local candidates running for office during election season. These candidates come from various backgrounds and represent different political ideologies, ensuring that residents have a large variety of choices when deciding whom to vote for. With polling locations all around the town, residents can easily cast their ballots and make sure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 50161 (Maxwell, IA) is leaning liberal.
Story County, IA is moderately liberal. In Story County, IA 57.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Story county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.2% to 39.9%.
Story county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50161 (Maxwell, IA) is leaning liberal.
Maxwell, Iowa is leaning liberal.
Story County, Iowa is moderately liberal.
Ames Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Maxwell, Iowa: d d D D D D
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 50161 (Maxwell)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $370 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)