Wallingford, IA is a small rural town located in Calhoun County with a population of just over 500 people. It serves as an economic center for the area, and has long been active in local politics. All municipal elections are held at-large, meaning that all registered voters may cast their votes to elect the mayor and city council members. During election season, the town is filled with political rallies, debates between candidates, and various other events. The current mayor is John Smith, who has served the city for over a decade. The City Council consists of five members: Mary Anderson, Tom Jones, Jessica Johnson, Jim Williams, and Geoff Thompson. They work together to ensure Wallingford remains safe and prosperous while also working on matters that are important to residents such as infrastructure improvements and community projects.
The political climate in Zip 51365 (Wallingford, IA) is very conservative.
Emmet County, IA is very conservative. In Emmet County, IA 31.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Emmet county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.3% to 31.3%.
Emmet county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51365 (Wallingford, IA) is very conservative.
Wallingford, Iowa is very conservative.
Emmet 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.
Wallingford, Iowa: r r d 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 51365 (Wallingford)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)