The small town of Rowan, Iowa (50470) is home to a close knit and politically engaged community. Residents of the town take part in local politics by attending city council meetings and voting for the candidates of their choice during election season. The mayor and city council members are determined by the votes tallied at the polls each year. Representation for state and national politics come from nearby regional offices. The citizens of Rowan, IA work together to ensure that their voices are heard on important issues, from local ordinances to federal legislation. In addition to voting in elections, residents also actively participate in volunteer organizations and serve on committees to stay up to date with political activities within their area.
The political climate in Zip 50470 (Rowan, IA) is strongly conservative.
Wright County, IA is very conservative. In Wright County, IA 31.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wright county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.1% to 31.9%.
Wright county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50470 (Rowan, IA) is strongly conservative.
Rowan, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Wright 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.
Rowan, 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 50470 (Rowan)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $350 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)