The city of Davenport, IA has a vibrant political scene, with many individuals advocating for the needs of their communities. Local elections are held every two years and the city has recently been governed by its current mayor, Frank Klipsch. There have been several candidates vying for political office in the recent election cycle, including Carol Molnar, Pat Seitz-Kesler, and Erik Helland. All three candidates have different ideas on how to improve the quality of life in Davenport and make it an even better place to live. They each have their own vision for what they believe will benefit the community, but ultimately it is up to the citizens of 52804 Davenport to decide who will be best suited for the job.
The political climate in Zip 52804 (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 52804 (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 52804 (Davenport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 643 contributions totaling $39,514 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $12,307 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)