The small town of Andover, IA (zip code 52701) is located in Black Hawk County and is home to a population of just over 400 people. The local politics are mainly focused on the interests of the citizens, as the residents elect representatives to represent them at the county and state level. In Black Hawk County, there are four representatives who serve on the Board of Supervisors: one supervisor from each district within the county. At the state level, Andover is represented by two senators and two house members in Iowa’s General Assembly. All of these elected officials work to ensure that their constituents’ voices are heard during decision-making processes and that any new laws are beneficial to all citizens in Andover.
The political climate in Zip 52701 (Andover, IA) is moderately conservative.
Clinton County, IA is somewhat conservative. In Clinton County, IA 43.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clinton county remained strongly Republican, 54.1% to 43.8%.
Clinton county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52701 (Andover, IA) is moderately conservative.
Andover, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Clinton County, Iowa is somewhat conservative.
Clinton Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Andover, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 52701 (Andover)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $4,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)