The city of Davenport, IA (52802) is a vibrant community with many political interests and opportunities. Its local government is comprised of city council members who are elected by the citizens to represent them in decision-making. The current mayor is Frank Klipsch, who was reelected in 2020 for his fourth term. A wide variety of local candidates are on the ballot in each election cycle to ensure that citizens have a choice when it comes to representation. There are also several local committees and organizations available to Davenport residents so they can stay informed about upcoming elections and get involved in the political process. From town halls to volunteer work days, Davenport's citizens work together to make sure their voices are heard at every level of government.
The political climate in Zip 52802 (Davenport, IA) is leaning 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 52802 (Davenport, IA) is leaning liberal.
Davenport, Iowa is leaning 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 52802 (Davenport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 120 contributions totaling $6,226 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $9,405 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $248 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)