Robins, IA is a small town in Linn County with a thriving community. It has a rich history as the birthplace of the legendary athlete and philanthropist Bob Feller, who was born there in 1918. The politics in Robins is mainly focused on local issues such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, and education. In recent years, there has been an emphasis on preserving the town's rural character and maintaining its history for future generations. The local government consists of three city council members and the mayor who are elected every four years by members of the community. Currently, Mayor Richard Wurster is heading up initiatives to improve the downtown area and attract new businesses. Additionally, city council members are passionate about supporting local schools to ensure that students have access to quality education. Several candidates have also expressed interest in running for office this year to make sure that Robins residents continue to have a voice in their own future.
The political climate in Robins, 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
Robins, 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.
Robins, 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 Robins, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,363 contributions totaling $582,420 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,124 contributions totaling $608,387 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)