The city of Dubuque, IA (52002) is a vibrant, diverse community that is home to an active political landscape. The politics in the area are shaped by the people, organizations, and businesses that call it home. There is a strong sense of civic engagement in the community and residents take pride in their local government. The city of Dubuque has a mayor-council form of government with its own charter and ordinances. Currently, Mayor Roy Buol is serving his second term as mayor. The City Council consists of seven members elected at-large to serve four year terms. From time to time special elections are held for referendums or other items on the ballot. Additionally, there are several state and federal representatives who represent all citizens in 52002 Dubuque. Overall, the citizens of Dubuque have a vested interest in their local politics and strive to stay informed about the important issues impacting their quality of life.
The political climate in Zip 52002 (Dubuque, IA) is leaning conservative.
Dubuque County, IA is leaning conservative. In Dubuque County, IA 47.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dubuque county remained Republican, 50.5% to 47.6%.
Dubuque county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52002 (Dubuque, IA) is leaning conservative.
Dubuque, Iowa is leaning conservative.
Dubuque County, Iowa is leaning conservative.
Dubuque Metro Area is leaning 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.
Dubuque, 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 52002 (Dubuque)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 571 contributions totaling $24,120 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 269 contributions totaling $119,621 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $445 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)