The small town of 52132 Calmar, IA is home to a vibrant and active political culture. The city has a City Council that meets regularly to discuss and debate important issues. During the election season, local citizens have the opportunity to get involved in their community and cast their votes for candidates running for city offices. Candidates are typically focused on providing efficient services and promoting economic growth within the town. Recently, there have been initiatives to make sure the public is kept informed about local politics and decisions made by leaders. Residents of 52132 Calmar, IA are encouraged to stay informed and participate in local government meetings as needed.
The political climate in Zip 52132 (Calmar, IA) is somewhat conservative.
Winneshiek County, IA is leaning conservative. In Winneshiek County, IA 46.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Winneshiek county remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 46.6%.
Winneshiek county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52132 (Calmar, IA) is somewhat conservative.
Calmar, Iowa is somewhat conservative.
Winneshiek County, Iowa is leaning conservative.
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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.
Calmar, Iowa: r 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 52132 (Calmar)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $2,225 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $371 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $595 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)