The small town of Russell, IA (zip code 50238) is a relatively quiet place with a close-knit community. It is part of the Marshalltown, IA metropolitan area and is located in Marshall County. The politics in Russell are held to the same standards as the rest of the county with representation at all levels of government. At the local level, Russell is part of the Marshall County Board of Supervisors, which oversees many aspects of county government including law enforcement, infrastructure, and public works administration. At the state level, Russell's residents are represented by state legislatures that serve in both chambers in Des Moines. At the national level, U.S Congressmen representing Iowa in Washington D.C work to pass legislation that will benefit all Iowans. Although certain political candidates may be favored by some members of this community, overall there is a great degree of respect given to all opinions and ideas from each individual regardless of their political leanings or affiliations.
The political climate in Zip 50238 (Russell, IA) is very conservative.
Lucas County, IA is very conservative. In Lucas County, IA 27.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lucas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.0% to 27.7%.
Lucas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50238 (Russell, IA) is very conservative.
Russell, Iowa is very conservative.
Lucas 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.
Russell, 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 50238 (Russell)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $145 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $350 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)