Crawfordsville, IA is a small town in Montgomery County with a population of 52621 people. The local politics of Crawfordsville are managed by a three-person city council. The council members are elected from the city’s population and serve four year terms. They meet twice a month to discuss matters concerning the city and review proposed actions. These meetings are open to the public and all citizens are welcome to attend them and voice their opinions on any subject or issue. The city also holds elections every two years where residents can vote for the local candidates running to represent their community in the city council. Issues that arise during campaigns typically involve topics such as economic growth, infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, environmental protection policies, and educational reform measures. With its small size and tight-knit community atmosphere, Crawfordsville is sure to remain an active participant in its local political scene for many years to come.
The political climate in Zip 52621 (Crawfordsville, IA) is strongly conservative.
Washington County, IA is moderately conservative. In Washington County, IA 38.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.3% to 38.8%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52621 (Crawfordsville, IA) is strongly conservative.
Crawfordsville, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Washington County, Iowa is moderately conservative.
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.
Crawfordsville, Iowa: r R r r 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 52621 (Crawfordsville)
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 3 contributions totaling $650 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)