The Dubuque, IA Metro Area is an area of diverse political views. Home to the cities of Dubuque, Asbury, and Dyersville, the metro area has been largely influenced by several different leaders. Recently, two prominent local candidates in the Dubuque area have been State Representative Michael Breitbach and State Senator Kate Bolkcom. Breitbach is a strong advocate for improving infrastructure and job creation in the area. He works hard to give back to his constituents through his work on the House Appropriations Committee. Bolkcom is a staunch defender of social justice causes and has worked tirelessly on issues like access to health care and criminal justice reform. Both candidates are working hard to make sure that their voices are heard in the local government and that their constituents feel represented.
The political climate in Dubuque Metro Area is leaning conservative.
In Dubuque Metro Area 47.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Dubuque metro area remained narrowly Republican, 50.5% to 47.6%.
The Dubuque metro area voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previ.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dubuque Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Dubuque, Iowa: D D D D 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Dubuque Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,314 contributions totaling $240,881 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,381 contributions totaling $791,513 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $573 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)