The Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area is home to many people who are passionate about politics and their community. With its long history of involvement in government and political issues, the region has seen a notable rise in civic engagement from its citizens. From holding local elections to discussing important topics at town hall meetings, locals have been eager to take part in the democratic process. Political candidates have also been eager to represent the Cedar Rapids area, with many running for office in both state and federal elections. These candidates often focus on issues such as infrastructure development, job growth, public safety, education reform and more. With such a wide variety of topics being discussed by political candidates, it's clear that the Cedar Rapids Metro Area is an area where politics matter and people care about making their voices heard through the ballot box.
The political climate in Cedar Rapids Metro Area is leaning liberal.
In Cedar Rapids Metro Area 52.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Cedar Rapids metro area remained moderately Democratic, 52.4% to 45.2%.
The Cedar Rapids metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Cedar Rapids, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Cedar Rapids Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,729 contributions totaling $1,196,148 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,238 contributions totaling $972,773 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)