Colo, IA is a small town located in the heart of Iowa with a population of around 500 people. The town is governed by an elected mayor and four city council members who are responsible for making decisions on issues such as city zoning laws, budgeting, public safety, and other matters that affect the daily lives of its residents. With elections held every two years, local citizens have the opportunity to vote for the candidate of their choice and make a difference in their community. Over the past several years, Colo has seen many changes as it works towards becoming a more prosperous and vibrant community. On the political front, townspeople have been dedicated to electing candidates that share their vision for the future and will continue to bring positive change to their hometown.
The political climate in Zip 50056 (Colo, IA) is leaning liberal.
Story County, IA is moderately liberal. In Story County, IA 57.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Story county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.2% to 39.9%.
Story county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50056 (Colo, IA) is leaning liberal.
Colo, Iowa is leaning liberal.
Story County, Iowa is moderately liberal.
Ames Metro Area is moderately 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.
Colo, Iowa: d d D D D D
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 50056 (Colo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $5,965 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $663 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 53 contributions totaling $3,991 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)