The small town of Atalissa, IA (zip code 52720) is a rural area that is politically conservative in nature. The mayor of the city is George Walters and he is supported by a five-member City Council who are all local residents. All of the councilors are members of the Republican Party and hold conservative political views. The local government works hard to ensure that their constituents have access to high quality schools, police protection, and other essential services needed for a successful community. They also work to promote economic vitality in the area through fiscal responsibility and encouraging businesses to build or relocate here. Local elections bring out many passionate citizens who care deeply about the future of their city and contribute their time and energy to support their preferred candidates.
The political climate in Zip 52720 (Atalissa, 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 52720 (Atalissa, IA) is somewhat conservative.
Atalissa, 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.
Atalissa, 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 52720 (Atalissa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $6,409 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $229 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)