The small town of 52202 Alburnett, IA is situated between Cedar Rapids and Marion in the state of Iowa. Politics in this rural town are localized and focused on issues that are pertinent to the community such as infrastructure, taxes, education, safety, and economic development. The local government consists of a mayor, a city council composed of four members, and various appointed boards and commissions. Local political candidates must engage the residents by attending forums, giving speeches, participating in interviews with local media outlets, and reaching out through social media platforms to discuss their platform and plans for the community. In addition to campaigning for local offices like mayor or city council member, individuals may also run for county offices like sheriff or treasurer. Alburnett’s politics typically revolve around finding solutions to everyday problems that the residents face and working to improve quality of life in this small rural town.
The political climate in Zip 52202 (Alburnett, 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
Zip 52202 (Alburnett, IA) is leaning conservative.
Alburnett, Iowa 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.
Alburnett, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 52202 (Alburnett)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $1,758 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $3,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $583 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)