Iowa City, IA is a vibrant and diverse community located in the 52246 zip code. With a population of over 77,000 people, Iowa City is home to many different political views and perspectives. The city is largely represented by Democrats in both local and national elections. At a local level, Iowa City has an elected Mayor and Council members that work together to make decisions about the future of the city. There are also various boards and commissions whose members are appointed by the mayor that help shape policy and make decisions about how to best serve the community. Additionally, local politicians work hard to ensure that everyone’s voice is heard in city government. In recent years, there have been several initiatives to increase voter turnout among young people in order to ensure their voices are represented as well. As such, Iowa City continues to be an active and engaged political community with plenty of opportunities for citizens to get involved.
The political climate in Zip 52246 (Iowa City, IA) is strongly liberal.
Johnson County, IA is very liberal. In Johnson County, IA 70.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 27.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Johnson county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 70.6% to 27.3%.
Johnson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52246 (Iowa City, IA) is strongly liberal.
Iowa City, Iowa is strongly liberal.
Johnson County, Iowa is very liberal.
Iowa City Metro Area is very 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.
Iowa City, 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 52246 (Iowa City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,086 contributions totaling $778,070 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 419 contributions totaling $75,796 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)