Lincoln, Iowa (zip code 50652) is a small town located in Tama County. The town has a government and political structure that includes the executive and legislative branches as well as a judicial branch. The mayor, city manager, and five-member city council make up the executive branch of the city government. They are responsible for the day-to-day operations of the town and for making policy decisions. The legislative branch is made up of representatives from each ward who are elected by their constituents. These representatives work together to create laws that affect the citizens of Lincoln, Iowa, 50652. The judicial branch consists of judges who preside over cases in both civil and criminal court matters. All these branches serve to ensure that Lincoln is a safe place to live while protecting citizens' rights under local laws.
The political climate in Zip 50652 (Lincoln, IA) is moderately conservative.
Tama County, IA is moderately conservative. In Tama County, IA 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tama county remained very strongly Republican, 58.6% to 39.5%.
Tama county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50652 (Lincoln, IA) is moderately conservative.
Lincoln, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Tama County, Iowa is moderately 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.
Lincoln, 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 50652 (Lincoln)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 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)