The small town of Fruitland, IA has a population of 52749 and is located in the rural county of Linn. The town's politics are largely focused on local issues such as taxation, infrastructure, and education. With a population under 50000, locals have more direct access to their representatives and the impact their decisions have on the community is readily apparent. In recent years, some state-level issues have made it onto the agenda of political discussion as well, including budgeting for public services and protecting natural resources. Local political candidates running for office typically focus on promoting specific stances on these issues through campaigns that emphasize their commitment to Fruitland and its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 52749 (Fruitland, IA) is somewhat conservative.
Muscatine County, IA is leaning conservative. In Muscatine County, IA 45.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Muscatine county remained moderately Republican, 52.4% to 45.3%.
Muscatine county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52749 (Fruitland, IA) is somewhat conservative.
Fruitland, Iowa is somewhat conservative.
Muscatine County, Iowa is leaning conservative.
Muscatine 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.
Fruitland, 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 52749 (Fruitland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $125 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $2,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $667 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)