Janesville, IA, located in Black Hawk County, is a small town of about 860 people. It is part of the Waterloo-Cedar Falls metropolitan area and has a rich history of political involvement in the local community. The city is largely governed by a mayor and five council members who are elected to serve two-year terms. The mayor and council members work together to set policy and regulations for Janesville. They focus on issues such as economic development, public safety, infrastructure maintenance, parks and recreation, and other city services. The current Mayor is Tom Johnstone who was re-elected in 2021 with support from the Janesville Citizens for Good Government group. The city also holds an annual Community Day celebration each July which includes various activities and entertainment for residents to enjoy. All in all, Janesville’s local politics are focused on improving the quality of life for its citizens through setting thoughtful policies while keeping its small-town charm alive.
The political climate in Zip 50647 (Janesville, IA) is moderately conservative.
Bremer County, IA is somewhat conservative. In Bremer County, IA 41.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bremer county remained very strongly Republican, 57.0% to 41.0%.
Bremer county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50647 (Janesville, IA) is moderately conservative.
Janesville, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Bremer County, Iowa is somewhat conservative.
Waterloo-Cedar Falls 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.
Janesville, Iowa: r r 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 50647 (Janesville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $308 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $12,272 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)