52201 Ainsworth, IA is a small town located in Linn County with a proud history of being an agricultural community. The local politics in 52201 Ainsworth, IA are determined by the citizens who participate in the town’s elections. These elections give people the opportunity to decide who will represent their interests at a local level and choose which policies should be implemented. The candidates for these elections come from all over the county, with each candidate running on their own platforms and values. In order to get elected, candidates must demonstrate their commitment to the people of 52201 Ainsworth, IA by engaging constituents in meaningful dialogues that focus on how they want to help improve the town. By participating in these elections, citizens can have a voice in shaping their community and ensuring that it remains vibrant and prosperous into the future.
The political climate in Zip 52201 (Ainsworth, IA) is strongly conservative.
Washington County, IA is moderately conservative. In Washington County, IA 38.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.3% to 38.8%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52201 (Ainsworth, IA) is strongly conservative.
Ainsworth, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Washington County, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Iowa City Metro Area is very 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.
Ainsworth, Iowa: r R r r 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 52201 (Ainsworth)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $585 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $1,320 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)