Davenport, IA 52806 is a rapidly growing city located on the eastern border of Iowa with a population of over 102,000 people. The city is served by an elected Mayor and City Council, as well as several boards and commissions that advise on various issues. The current mayor is Mike Matson and the City Council members are Nancy Evans, Maria Dickmann, Ray Ambrose, Bill Boom, Rikka Rippetoe-Blair, Rita Rawson and Patty Stephens. Local elections are held every two years to elect the mayor and other elected officials. Voters in Davenport have the opportunity to make their voices heard during these elections and play an important role in decision making for their community. Additionally, local organizations such as the Davenport Civics League take part in public forums to discuss topics of importance to the people of Davenport such as education reform, public safety initiatives and economic development programs. Through active engagement from citizens at all levels of government in Davenport, residents can ensure their voices are heard when it comes to important city decisions.
The political climate in Zip 52806 (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 52806 (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 52806 (Davenport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 630 contributions totaling $35,047 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 272 contributions totaling $39,665 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)