The small town of New London, IA (population 5,2645) is a peaceful and tight-knit community, with the majority of its residents invested in staying involved politically. Though the town itself has no elected political representation, residents are encouraged to stay informed about their county and state representatives. As such, those living in the area often attend local meetings and rallies with their respective county and state officials in order to discuss issues concerning them as individuals or as members of the wider community. Residents can also frequently be seen keeping up with current events and news related to their state representatives via various online sources or social media platforms. All in all, being politically engaged is an important part of life for those living in New London, IA, and something that everyone should strive to do in order to ensure their individual rights are being upheld by local government.
The political climate in Zip 52645 (New London, IA) is strongly conservative.
Henry County, IA is very conservative. In Henry County, IA 32.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Henry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.2% to 32.8%.
Henry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52645 (New London, IA) is strongly conservative.
New London, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Henry County, Iowa is very 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.
New London, Iowa: r R r r 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 52645 (New London)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $2,735 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $3,358 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)