The small city of Mechanicsville, IA (zip code 52306) is governed by several local politicians who represent the population's best interests. As a part of Cedar County, Iowa, Mechanicsville is represented in politics by State Senator Craig Johnson and State Representative Andy McKean. In addition to state representatives, the city is also represented by Cedar County Board Supervisor John Beal and Cedar County Auditor Denise Buresh. Each of these politicians work together to ensure that the citizens of Mechanicsville are well cared for and have access to necessary resources. They advocate for public services such as roads, education, libraries, healthcare, and other essential services. Additionally, they focus on attracting businesses and industry to the city in order to create jobs for its residents. The political representatives of Mechanicsville strive to maintain a vibrant community that provides a safe and healthy environment in which people can live happily.
The political climate in Zip 52306 (Mechanicsville, IA) is moderately conservative.
Cedar County, IA is moderately conservative. In Cedar County, IA 40.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cedar county remained very strongly Republican, 57.6% to 40.5%.
Cedar county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52306 (Mechanicsville, IA) is moderately conservative.
Mechanicsville, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Cedar 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.
Mechanicsville, Iowa: d 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 52306 (Mechanicsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $4,544 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $134 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)