Reinbeck, IA, a small town located in Black Hawk County, is home to just under 1,000 people and is an important part of the local community. The town is primarily governed by the mayor and city council members who are elected for four-year terms. The current mayor of Reinbeck is Frances Yurs and she has been in office since 2016. The city council includes six members who represent various wards throughout the town. Each member serves a term of two years and every two years there is an election for either new or existing members. Reinbeck prides itself on its commitment to transparency with its city government and all official proceedings are recorded and open to public viewing. Additionally, Reinbeck holds public meetings twice monthly where citizens can voice their opinions on local issues and propose solutions for their concerns. Participation in local politics is highly encouraged as it helps ensure that decisions made by elected officials reflect the needs of the citizens they serve.
The political climate in Zip 50669 (Reinbeck, IA) is very conservative.
Grundy County, IA is very conservative. In Grundy County, IA 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grundy county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.7% to 30.3%.
Grundy county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50669 (Reinbeck, IA) is very conservative.
Reinbeck, Iowa is very conservative.
Grundy County, Iowa is very conservative.
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Metro Area is leaning 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.
Reinbeck, 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 50669 (Reinbeck)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 75 contributions totaling $4,520 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $17,302 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $577 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)