Fertile, Iowa (50434) is a small rural town in northern Iowa. With a population of approximately 2,000 people, it is known for its strong sense of community and relaxed way of life. While Fertile maintains a quiet atmosphere, the politics of the town are still important to its residents. Local elections typically involve issues such as taxes and other financial concerns that affect all citizens of the area. Many of these decisions are made through town meetings where residents can come together to discuss potential changes or projects such as road repairs and local library initiatives. During election season, local candidates make sure to visit Fertile numerous times during their campaigns in order to meet with citizens and discuss their individual plans for the future of the town. All political activity is carefully monitored by the city council, which oversees all elections in Fertile and ensures they are conducted fairly and without any influence from outside sources. Ultimately, Fertile's political system allows citizens to have their voices heard when it comes to making decisions that affect them directly.
The political climate in Zip 50434 (Fertile, IA) is strongly conservative.
Worth County, IA is strongly conservative. In Worth County, IA 36.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Worth county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.0% to 36.1%.
Worth county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50434 (Fertile, IA) is strongly conservative.
Fertile, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Worth County, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Mason City Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Fertile, 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 50434 (Fertile)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $102 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $80 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)