Riceville, IA is a small town located in 50466. It is home to a close-knit community that values traditional values and family life. Despite its small population, Riceville has an active political landscape that often sees residents engaging in local elections. Every two years, the citizens of Riceville have the opportunity to cast their vote for local candidates who are running for various positions such as Mayor, City Council Member, and School Board Member. The current Mayor of Riceville is Bruce Johnson who was elected to his fourth term in 2020. In addition to Mayor Johnson, there are several other local politicians active in Riceville. These include the City Council Members Schuermann and Conners along with School Board Members Abel and Schnell. All of these individuals are dedicated to serving their community and they strive to make Riceville a better place to live for all its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 50466 (Riceville, IA) is strongly conservative.
Howard County, IA is strongly conservative. In Howard County, IA 35.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Howard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.1% to 35.7%.
Howard county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50466 (Riceville, IA) is strongly conservative.
Riceville, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Howard County, Iowa is strongly 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.
Riceville, Iowa: D D 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 50466 (Riceville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 128 contributions totaling $6,945 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,510 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)