The city of Anamosa, IA, located in the 52205 zip code, is a small town with a population of just over 5,000 people. Despite its size, Anamosa is home to an active and involved local political community. Political activity in Anamosa is centered around the City Council meetings held every second and fourth Thursday of the month at 6:00 PM in City Hall. Local candidates for city council are elected by members of the community every two years. These candidates have been focused on advocating for small businesses and providing adequate resources for citizens through education funding and infrastructure improvements. The local political scene has seen many successes in recent years as the community has come together to ensure their voices are heard and their needs addressed.
The political climate in Zip 52205 (Anamosa, IA) is moderately conservative.
Jones County, IA is moderately conservative. In Jones County, IA 38.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jones county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.8% to 38.3%.
Jones county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52205 (Anamosa, IA) is moderately conservative.
Anamosa, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Jones County, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Cedar Rapids 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.
Anamosa, 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 52205 (Anamosa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 89 contributions totaling $5,204 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 88 contributions totaling $13,270 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)