Lisbon, Iowa is a small town located in Linn County. It has a population of around 2,000 people and is known for its rural charm and friendly atmosphere. Politically, Lisbon is a conservative community that leans heavily towards Republican values. The City Council consists of five members who are all Republicans. At the state level, representation for Lisbon comes from the Iowa House of Representatives District 73, which is currently held by Representative Ashley Hinson. Residents have the opportunity to participate in local politics by voting in city elections and attending public meetings to make their voices heard. Overall, the political environment in Lisbon is one of traditional values and conservative ideals.
The political climate in Lisbon, IA is leaning conservative.
Linn County, IA is somewhat liberal. In Linn County, IA 55.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Linn county remained strongly Democratic, 55.6% to 41.9%.
Linn county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lisbon, IA is leaning conservative.
Linn County, Iowa is somewhat liberal.
Cedar Rapids Metro Area is leaning 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.
Lisbon, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Lisbon, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 552 contributions totaling $66,610 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 101 contributions totaling $18,562 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)