Shell Rock, IA (50670) is a town in Butler County located on the Cedar River in northeast Iowa. It has a population of 1,867 as of the 2010 census and is part of the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The political landscape in Shell Rock is dominated by small-town issues such as local infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives and economic development. Residents have elected representatives to serve their interests at both the state and county level. The area鈥檚 federal representation is provided by Republican Congresswoman Ashley Hinson who serves Iowa鈥檚 1st congressional district. At the state level, Shell Rock residents are represented by Republican Senator Tim Kapucian and Republican Representative Dean Fisher. On the county level, Shell Rock residents are represented by Butlers County Supervisors Mark Kuhn and Dennis Bevier. While election campaigns are often driven by national issues, local politicians keep their focus on initiatives that will benefit their communities directly like improving schools or providing tax relief for small businesses.
The political climate in Zip 50670 (Shell Rock, IA) is very conservative.
Butler County, IA is very conservative. In Butler County, IA 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.4% to 29.9%.
Butler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50670 (Shell Rock, IA) is very conservative.
Shell Rock, Iowa is very conservative.
Butler 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.
Shell Rock, 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 50670 (Shell Rock)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $1,650 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $330 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $3,404 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)