The city of Danville, IA (zip code 52623) is located in Des Moines County and has a population of just over 1,000 people. The local government consists of a mayor and four council members who are elected to serve for four-year terms. While the city does not have any major political candidates, it is represented in the Iowa General Assembly by three representatives from the 81st District—Rep. Joe Mitchell, Rep. Dave Kerr, and Senator Rich Taylor. Political issues that affect Danville include economic development, infrastructure improvements such as roads and utilities, public safety and crime prevention initiatives, education reform efforts, among many others. All these issues are addressed by the local government through careful planning and budgeting decisions in order to ensure that Danville remains one of the most livable cities in Iowa.
The political climate in Zip 52623 (Danville, IA) is moderately conservative.
Des Moines County, IA is somewhat conservative. In Des Moines County, IA 44.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Des Moines county remained moderately Republican, 53.1% to 44.6%.
Des Moines county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52623 (Danville, IA) is moderately conservative.
Danville, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Des Moines County, Iowa is somewhat conservative.
Burlington Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Danville, Iowa: D 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 52623 (Danville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 39 contributions totaling $7,180 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $2,975 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)