The small city of Denver, IA (zip code 50622) is a rural community located in Linn County and serves as a mostly residential area. Though the population of the city is not large, politics always play an important role in local communities. The local political climate is mainly dominated by Democratic candidates who advocate for issues that are important to the people of Denver such as education, public safety, environmental protection, healthcare and infrastructure. Recently, some exciting initiatives have been taken to promote voter engagement within the community which has resulted in an increase in voters participating in local elections. Recent candidates running for office have also included those from both major parties so that all voices can be heard and represented fairly. The residents of Denver take pride in their ability to exercise their right to vote and take part in the political process which helps shape their community and its future.
The political climate in Zip 50622 (Denver, IA) is moderately conservative.
Bremer County, IA is somewhat conservative. In Bremer County, IA 41.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bremer county remained very strongly Republican, 57.0% to 41.0%.
Bremer county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50622 (Denver, IA) is moderately conservative.
Denver, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Bremer County, Iowa is somewhat conservative.
Waterloo-Cedar Falls 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.
Denver, Iowa: r r 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 50622 (Denver)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 56 contributions totaling $2,013 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $5,054 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $253 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)