The city of Eddyville, IA (52553) is a small rural community with a population of approximately 2,250 people. Politically, the town is mainly Republican, with the majority of voters leaning towards conservative values. Local elections are held every two years and residents can vote for mayors and council members to represent their interests in government. In recent years, the main issues addressed by local politicians have been improving infrastructure in the form of roads and sidewalks, as well as promoting economic development to attract new businesses to the area. The current mayor is Marsha Morris who has served since 2019. Other current council members include Chris Evans, Tom Williams, Susan Burdon and Billie Jo Willoughby. All these candidates strive to ensure that Eddyville remains a safe and vibrant place to live and work for all its residents.
The political climate in Zip 52553 (Eddyville, IA) is strongly conservative.
Wapello County, IA is moderately conservative. In Wapello County, IA 37.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wapello county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.9% to 37.2%.
Wapello county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52553 (Eddyville, IA) is strongly conservative.
Eddyville, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Wapello County, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Ottumwa Metro Area is strongly 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.
Eddyville, 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 52553 (Eddyville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $350 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $409 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)