The politics of 52310 Monticello, IA are reflective of the state's political environment. Iowa is traditionally a swing state with a divided electorate that can lean either Democratic or Republican. In 52310, in particular, the local elections tend to be closely contested with candidates representing both major parties. While there is no one party that has a definitive majority in Monticello, the town tends to lean towards progressive and moderate issues like environmentalism, education reform, and healthcare reform. Local candidates have been leading important conversations related to these issues and making sure that everyone in the community has a voice.
The political climate in Zip 52310 (Monticello, IA) is moderately conservative.
Jones County, IA is moderately conservative. In Jones County, IA 38.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jones county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.8% to 38.3%.
Jones county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52310 (Monticello, IA) is moderately conservative.
Monticello, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Jones County, Iowa is moderately conservative.
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.
Monticello, 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 52310 (Monticello)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $1,971 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 87 contributions totaling $18,780 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)