The politics of 52530 Agency, IA are reflective of the state's overall views. The city is represented in the Iowa House of Representatives by District 42, which is held by Republican incumbent Mike Sexton. In the Iowa Senate, District 13 is held by Democrat Zach Wahls. At the federal level, 52530 Agency is part of Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District and is represented by Democrat Dave Loebsack. While the city has traditionally leaned conservative in its voting history, it has seen a shift toward more progressive ideals in recent years. This can be seen in the support for local candidates that focus on issues such as renewable energy, economic development, and health care reform. Residents have also taken an active role in advocating for social justice causes and environmental protection initiatives. With a mix of progressive and conservative views in 52530 Agency, IA's political landscape remains ever-changing and evolving to meet its residents' needs.
The political climate in Zip 52530 (Agency, IA) is strongly conservative.
Wapello County, IA is moderately conservative. In Wapello County, IA 37.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wapello county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.9% to 37.2%.
Wapello county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52530 (Agency, IA) is strongly conservative.
Agency, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Wapello County, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Ottumwa Metro Area is strongly 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.
Agency, 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 52530 (Agency)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,005 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)