Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 is the second largest city in Iowa and is an important political center in the state. The city's politics are dominated by a strong Democratic presence, with Democrats winning almost every mayoral election since the late 1960s. The current mayor is Brad Hart, a Democrat who was first elected in 2009. Cedar Rapids also has a strong legislative presence, with two state senators and four state representatives from the area. In addition to local politicians, Cedar Rapids hosts several major national events for presidential candidates including presidential primary caucuses during election years as well as many high-profile debates and rallies. With such a diverse political landscape, Cedar Rapids is a great place to learn about politics and engage with your community on important issues facing our nation today.
The political climate in Zip 52402 (Cedar Rapids, IA) is somewhat liberal.
Linn County, IA is somewhat liberal. In Linn County, IA 55.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Linn county remained strongly Democratic, 55.6% to 41.9%.
Linn county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52402 (Cedar Rapids, IA) is somewhat liberal.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa is somewhat liberal.
Linn County, Iowa is somewhat liberal.
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.
Cedar Rapids, 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 52402 (Cedar Rapids)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,383 contributions totaling $315,807 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 508 contributions totaling $92,744 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)