The politics in 52747 Durant, IA are a mix of local, state, and federal government responsibilities. The city is governed by a mayor-council system that includes five elected members. Those members are responsible for deciding on zoning ordinances, approving city contracts, and managing the day to day operations. On the state level, the town is part of Senate district 48 which is represented by Senator Joe Bolkcom. For national politics, all of 52747 Durant falls within Iowa’s 2nd congressional district which is currently represented by Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks. With these various levels of government working together, 52747 Durant residents can be assured that their voices will be heard at all levels.
The political climate in Zip 52747 (Durant, IA) is moderately conservative.
Cedar County, IA is moderately conservative. In Cedar County, IA 40.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cedar county remained very strongly Republican, 57.6% to 40.5%.
Cedar county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52747 (Durant, IA) is moderately conservative.
Durant, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Cedar County, Iowa is moderately conservative.
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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.
Durant, Iowa: d 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 52747 (Durant)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $825 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $1,120 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)