The town of 52227 Ely, IA is a small rural community located in Linn County. It has a population of just over 2,000 people and is largely comprised of agricultural and industrial working families. Politically the town leans Republican, with the majority of elected officials being members of the GOP. Despite this majority, however, there is still a significant amount of local political discourse in Ely and many residents take part in voting and engaging with their elected officials. Issues such as education reform, agricultural funding, and environmental sustainability are all important topics that local citizens are passionate about discussing. The town also makes an effort to get out the vote by hosting debates between candidates and setting up informational meetings to educate citizens on the issues facing their community. It is clear that Ely takes its politics seriously and strives to ensure its citizens are well informed when it comes time to cast their ballots.
The political climate in Zip 52227 (Ely, IA) is leaning liberal.
Linn County, IA is somewhat liberal. In Linn County, IA 55.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Linn county remained strongly Democratic, 55.6% to 41.9%.
Linn county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52227 (Ely, IA) is leaning liberal.
Ely, Iowa is leaning liberal.
Linn County, Iowa is somewhat liberal.
Cedar Rapids 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.
Ely, 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 52227 (Ely)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 193 contributions totaling $16,084 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $1,300 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)