The small town of Rockwell City, Iowa, is a part of the Calhoun County political system. As with many smaller towns in Iowa, the local government consists of an elected mayor and council members who oversee the day-to-day operations. The mayor and council are responsible for making decisions on issues such as public infrastructure projects, budgeting and long-term planning for the town. In addition to providing essential services to residents and businesses, they also carefully consider the impact their actions will have on the environment, economy and social fabric of Rockwell City. Elections are held every two years to decide who will serve on the council. Candidates must demonstrate a deep understanding of both local and state laws, as well as a commitment to working for the betterment of their community.
The political climate in Zip 50579 (Rockwell City, IA) is strongly conservative.
Calhoun County, IA is very conservative. In Calhoun County, IA 28.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calhoun county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.2% to 28.0%.
Calhoun county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50579 (Rockwell City, IA) is strongly conservative.
Rockwell City, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Calhoun 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.
Rockwell City, 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 50579 (Rockwell City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $9,418 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $294 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)