The small town of Galva, IA (ZIP code 51020) is located in Ida County. Although the population is small, with only about 600 people, the community has a strong sense of pride and a vibrant political culture. Residents are actively engaged in local and state politics, attending public meetings and participating in debates on key issues that affect their lives. Every two years citizens elect local officials to represent them at the county and state levels. In recent years, topics such as economic development, education reform, health care access and environmental protection have been important issues in Galva鈥檚 political discourse. The community also values its rural identity and works to protect its agricultural heritage and natural resources. Local politicians strive to ensure that Galva鈥檚 voice is heard in Des Moines and Washington D.C., advocating for policies that will improve the quality of life for current and future generations.
The political climate in Zip 51020 (Galva, IA) is very conservative.
Ida County, IA is very conservative. In Ida County, IA 23.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ida county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.8% to 23.8%.
Ida county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51020 (Galva, IA) is very conservative.
Galva, Iowa is very conservative.
Ida 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.
Galva, 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 51020 (Galva)
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 11 contributions totaling $2,300 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)