Slater, IA is a rural town located in central Iowa. It is a small town with a population of about 1,400 people. In terms of politics, the city mainly leans conservative and votes for Republican candidates in local and national elections. This was most recently demonstrated in the 2020 presidential election where former president Donald Trump secured a majority of the vote. Despite this trend, there are still some more moderate individuals in Slater who vote for Democratic candidates at times. Local politicians from both sides of the aisle have worked hard to represent their constituents and keep their issues in front of those with decision-making power. The town has several active civic organizations that also partake in the political process by advocating for causes and holding public meetings on important topics. All residents are encouraged to participate in the democratic process to ensure that their voices are heard and their views represented when it comes to politics in Slater, IA.
The political climate in Zip 50244 (Slater, 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 50244 (Slater, IA) is leaning liberal.
Slater, 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.
Slater, 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 50244 (Slater)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $949 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $3,445 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $246 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)