The politics of 52046 Farley, IA are reflective of the rest of the state. The city is part of Muscatine County and is represented in the Iowa House of Representatives by State Representative Mary Wolfe. On a local level, Farley holds municipal elections on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November every two years to elect officials, including Mayor, City Council, Clerk-Treasurer, and City Attorney. Issues at stake during these elections can range from public safety to economic development. As part of a larger rural community, Farley takes an active role in advocating for policies that benefit its citizens and businesses.
The political climate in Zip 52046 (Farley, IA) is somewhat conservative.
Dubuque County, IA is leaning conservative. In Dubuque County, IA 47.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dubuque county remained Republican, 50.5% to 47.6%.
Dubuque county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52046 (Farley, IA) is somewhat conservative.
Farley, Iowa is somewhat conservative.
Dubuque County, Iowa is leaning conservative.
Dubuque 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.
Farley, 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 52046 (Farley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $9,940 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $255 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)