Donahue, IA is a small town located in Scott County. With a population of just over 500 people, the political landscape of Donahue is made up of dedicated local citizens who are passionate about advocating for their community. Local politics in Donahue are focused on issues such as education, infrastructure, and economic development. Local politicians in Donahue have worked hard to implement policies to improve the quality of life for its residents. In recent years, they have successfully secured grants that have allowed for new schools and roads to be built and for businesses to flourish. As such, Donahue is an example of a thriving small town with an engaged citizenry eager to make positive changes in their community.
The political climate in Zip 52746 (Donahue, IA) is leaning conservative.
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 52746 (Donahue, IA) is leaning conservative.
Donahue, Iowa is leaning conservative.
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.
Donahue, 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 52746 (Donahue)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $960 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)