The city of Davenport, IA with a zip code of 52803 is a vibrant and diverse community that is actively engaged in politics. It is home to many different politicians and political organizations. The City Council is composed of nine elected members who are responsible for making decisions on behalf of the citizens. These members are elected from eight wards within the city and serve for four-year terms. In addition, there are many citizen advisory boards and commissions which provide input and advice to the City Council on matters related to public safety, infrastructure, housing, economic development, parks and recreation, planning, beautification efforts, and other important topics. There are also numerous local candidates running for office at all levels of government throughout the year.
The political climate in Zip 52803 (Davenport, IA) is leaning liberal.
Scott County, IA is leaning liberal. In Scott County, IA 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scott county remained Democratic, 50.7% to 47.2%.
Scott county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52803 (Davenport, IA) is leaning liberal.
Davenport, Iowa is leaning liberal.
Scott County, Iowa is leaning liberal.
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 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.
Davenport, 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 52803 (Davenport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,123 contributions totaling $105,496 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 160 contributions totaling $30,753 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)