52557 Fairfield, IA is a small city in Southeast Iowa. It has a local government that serves the needs of its citizens and provides services such as public safety, public works and economic development. The city also has a Mayor who is elected by the members of the community and is responsible for setting the direction of the town. Local political candidates can be found on the city's website where one can find information about their backgrounds, platforms and goals they would like to accomplish if elected. Elections are held every two years in order to choose a new mayor and council members which helps create greater representation for each citizen in 52557 Fairfield, IA.
The political climate in Zip 52557 (Fairfield, IA) is leaning liberal.
Jefferson County, IA is leaning conservative. In Jefferson County, IA 48.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained narrowly Republican, 49.6% to 48.2%.
Jefferson county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52557 (Fairfield, IA) is leaning liberal.
Fairfield, Iowa is leaning liberal.
Jefferson County, Iowa is leaning conservative.
Fairfield Metro Area is leaning 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.
Fairfield, Iowa: r 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 52557 (Fairfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 62 contributions totaling $2,357 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)