Davenport, Iowa is a small city with a population of over 100,000 people. It is located in Scott County and is the third-largest city in the state of Iowa. In Davenport, IA politics are represented mainly by the Democratic Party. The current Mayor of Davenport is Mike Matson who was elected in 2019. There are also three City Council Members representing different wards within the city. Notable political figures from Davenport include Bruce Braley, a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, and Bill Gluba, who has served as mayor since 1999. Elections for local offices take place annually and there are many opportunities for citizens to get involved in the political process through voting and attending public meetings held by local government representatives.
The political climate in Zip 52801 (Davenport, IA) is somewhat liberal.
Scott County, IA is leaning liberal. In Scott County, IA 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scott county remained Democratic, 50.7% to 47.2%.
Scott county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52801 (Davenport, IA) is somewhat liberal.
Davenport, Iowa is somewhat liberal.
Scott County, Iowa is leaning liberal.
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 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.
Davenport, 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 52801 (Davenport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 94 contributions totaling $6,271 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $24,980 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $833 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)