Atkins, IA 52206 is located in Benton County and falls under the jurisdiction of the Benton County Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors is responsible for setting and approving budgets, taxes, and regulations for the county. This board is composed of five supervisors elected on a partisan basis by residents of the county to serve four-year terms. The most recent election saw Democrats take control of the board with three seats out of five filled by Democratic candidates. In addition to this board, 52206 Atkins also has representation at state and federal levels in Iowa’s legislatures and Congress, respectively. All these representatives work together to ensure that Atkins residents have access to quality local services and support for important initiatives such as public safety, education funding, infrastructure development, etc.
The political climate in Zip 52206 (Atkins, IA) is strongly conservative.
Benton County, IA is strongly conservative. In Benton County, IA 35.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Benton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.8% to 35.2%.
Benton county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52206 (Atkins, IA) is strongly conservative.
Atkins, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Benton County, Iowa is strongly 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.
Atkins, Iowa: d d d 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 52206 (Atkins)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18 contributions totaling $545 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $565 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)