Columbus City, IA is a small town located in Poweshiek County with a population of 52737. It is home to many hardworking citizens who care deeply about the politics within their community. The current mayor of Columbus City is Mayor Sheila Sanders, who has been in office since 2017. In addition to the mayor, there are several other local political candidates who have served on the city council or county board of supervisors over the years. These candidates have worked diligently to ensure that Columbus City remains a safe and prosperous place for all its residents. The residents take great pride in their town and make sure they are informed about the current political climate so they can make educated decisions at election time.
The political climate in Zip 52737 (Columbus City, IA) is strongly conservative.
Louisa County, IA is very conservative. In Louisa County, IA 32.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Louisa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.6% to 32.4%.
Louisa county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52737 (Columbus City, IA) is strongly conservative.
Columbus City, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Louisa County, Iowa is very 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.
Columbus City, Iowa: d r 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 52737 (Columbus City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)