The small town of Buffalo, IA (zip code 52728) is located in Scott County and is part of the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town has a population of 1,092 people according to the 2019 United States Census estimates. In terms of local politics, the city has a mayor and five city council members who are elected by residents every two years. The government offices can be found at City Hall which is located in downtown Buffalo and it handles all pertinent services such as business licensing, zoning regulations and public works. The current Mayor is Mark Klosterman and he has been serving since May 2016. The town also elects representatives for the Iowa House of Representatives, Iowa Senate and U.S House of Representatives; their elections take place every two years during the general election in November.
The political climate in Zip 52728 (Buffalo, IA) is leaning conservative.
Scott County, IA is leaning liberal. In Scott County, IA 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scott county remained Democratic, 50.7% to 47.2%.
Scott county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52728 (Buffalo, IA) is leaning conservative.
Buffalo, Iowa is leaning conservative.
Scott County, Iowa is leaning liberal.
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 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.
Buffalo, Iowa: d d D D d d
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 52728 (Buffalo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 446 contributions totaling $45,322 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $900 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)