The politics in the city of Muscatine, IA 52761 is an interesting mix of both local and national issues. The local government includes a City Council with seven members and a Mayor who is elected by the citizens of Muscatine every four years. The City Council is responsible for establishing city ordinances, setting goals for economic development, and overseeing the various departments under its jurisdiction. At the state level, Iowa has two Senators in the United States Senate and four Representatives in the House of Representatives. All are elected to represent Iowa’s interests at the federal level. On the national stage, Iowa is regularly competitive in presidential elections, helping to influence outcomes on matters such as health care reform, environmental protection, foreign policy, budgeting and taxation. All of these factors together help Muscatine keep up with current issues and remain a vibrant part of its community.
The political climate in Zip 52761 (Muscatine, IA) is leaning conservative.
Muscatine County, IA is leaning conservative. In Muscatine County, IA 45.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Muscatine county remained moderately Republican, 52.4% to 45.3%.
Muscatine county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52761 (Muscatine, IA) is leaning conservative.
Muscatine, Iowa is leaning conservative.
Muscatine County, Iowa is leaning conservative.
Muscatine Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Muscatine, 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 52761 (Muscatine)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 706 contributions totaling $103,459 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 490 contributions totaling $219,562 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $448 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)