Lisbon, IA is a small town in Linn County located in the eastern region of Iowa. It is home to around 2,400 citizens and is centered around the intersection of Highways 22 & 30. The political landscape of Lisbon is largely dominated by two major parties: Republicans and Democrats. In recent years, Republican candidates have enjoyed a comfortable majority in the area, with their candidates usually winning local offices like mayor and city council. At the state level, both parties have had success when it comes to holding and representing seats in the Iowa State Legislature. As for national politics, Lisbon tends to lean slightly towards supporting Republican candidates for president and other national offices. When it comes to local politics however, residents are more open minded to candidates from all sides of the political spectrum, as most are more concerned about their voice being heard on issues that impact their daily lives than party affiliation.
The political climate in Zip 52253 (Lisbon, IA) is leaning liberal.
Linn County, IA is somewhat liberal. In Linn County, IA 55.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Linn county remained strongly Democratic, 55.6% to 41.9%.
Linn county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52253 (Lisbon, IA) is leaning liberal.
Lisbon, Iowa is leaning liberal.
Linn County, Iowa is somewhat liberal.
Cedar Rapids 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.
Lisbon, 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 52253 (Lisbon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 117 contributions totaling $4,093 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $2,187 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)