Knoxville, Iowa is a small city located in Marion County with a population of over 7,400 people. It is home to many historic sites and attractions, as well as a thriving business community. The city government of Knoxville is focused on serving its citizens and providing quality services in the most efficient way possible. The City Council consists of five members elected at-large to serve four-year terms. All council members work together to ensure that their decisions are in the best interest of their constituents and the city budget. The Mayor, who is also elected at-large to a four-year term, serves as the chief executive officer of the city. He or she presides over all meetings and enforces laws and ordinances adopted by the City Council. The City Manager acts as an administrator for the City Council, overseeing day-to-day operation of city departments and providing guidance on policy decisions. In addition to local politics, Knoxville is also represented in all levels of government by state representatives, senators, and U.S congressmen from Iowa’s congressional district 4th District which includes Knoxville and other nearby cities such as Ottumwa, Indianola, Mount Pleasant, Creston and Chariton.
The political climate in Zip 50138 (Knoxville, IA) is strongly conservative.
Marion County, IA is very conservative. In Marion County, IA 32.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.8% to 32.1%.
Marion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50138 (Knoxville, IA) is strongly conservative.
Knoxville, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Marion County, Iowa is very conservative.
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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.
Knoxville, Iowa: R R R R 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 50138 (Knoxville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 124 contributions totaling $6,481 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 89 contributions totaling $9,331 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)