Coralville, IA 52241 is a mid-sized city located in Eastern Iowa. It is part of Johnson County and is home to a diverse population. The city's most notable political figure is Mayor John Lundell, who was first elected in 2012 and reelected in 2016. Coralville has an active local government that focuses on providing services and infrastructure to the community. As the city has grown over the years, so has its politics. Issues such as tax increases, public safety, and zoning regulations have all been actively discussed by local politicians over recent years. In addition to Mayor Lundell, there are several members of the City Council who are active participants in discussing and voting on matters affecting Coralville. The 2020 election cycle saw several hotly contested races for Coralville City Council seats, with voters ultimately deciding the outcome of each race.
The political climate in Zip 52241 (Coralville, IA) is strongly liberal.
Johnson County, IA is very liberal. In Johnson County, IA 70.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 27.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Johnson county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 70.6% to 27.3%.
Johnson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52241 (Coralville, IA) is strongly liberal.
Coralville, Iowa is strongly liberal.
Johnson County, Iowa is very liberal.
Iowa City Metro Area is very 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.
Coralville, 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 52241 (Coralville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,880 contributions totaling $300,863 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 294 contributions totaling $96,598 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $329 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)