Coggon, Iowa is a small town located in Linn County with an estimated population of 809 people. Despite its size, the town is home to many local political initiatives and candidates. Local politics in Coggon revolves around issues such as education, public safety, and infrastructure development. The school district has recently received funding for new classrooms and other projects to improve student learning. The city council also works hard to ensure that public safety is a top priority while tackling problems like crime prevention and traffic enforcement. In addition, the city council has been pushing for infrastructure development projects such as street repair and beautification of parks and other public spaces. As far as political candidates go, Coggon is currently represented by Senator Amy Sinclair in the Iowa State Senate, along with Representatives Ashley Hinson and Dave Jacoby in the Iowa House of Representatives. With such a diverse range of issues being addressed at the local level, it’s no wonder that Coggon’s citizens take part in both state-level campaigning and local elections throughout the year.
The political climate in Coggon, 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
Coggon, 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.
Coggon, 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 Coggon, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $265 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $5,340 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $198 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)