The city of Donnellson, IA is a small community located in Lee County. With a population of around 1,000 residents, the town has a strong sense of community and works together to keep it an attractive place to live. The politics in Donnellson are run by the City Council and Mayor, who work together to ensure that the best interests of all citizens are taken into account when making decisions for the town. There are no local political candidates currently running in Donnellson, but the town takes pride in its government and actively participates in local elections. The City Council meets regularly to discuss policies that will support staff, residents, and businesses alike. They also collaborate with other townships throughout Lee County to ensure economic growth and prosperity.
The political climate in Zip 52625 (Donnellson, IA) is moderately conservative.
Lee County, IA is moderately conservative. In Lee County, IA 39.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lee county remained very strongly Republican, 58.4% to 39.1%.
Lee county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52625 (Donnellson, IA) is moderately conservative.
Donnellson, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Lee County, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Fort Madison-Keokuk Metro Area is very 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.
Donnellson, 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 52625 (Donnellson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $5,505 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $3,302 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)