The small town of Oakville, IA (zip code 52646) is a rural community located in the southeastern corner of the state. It has a population of just over 500 people, and its residents take great pride in their local government. The town is governed by its five-member city council who are elected by the citizens to serve four-year terms. The current mayor is Tom Smith, a long-time resident of Oakville and a respected member of the community. The city council meets twice a month to discuss matters such as zoning ordinances, public safety, infrastructure upgrades, and general quality of life issues affecting the town's residents.
Oakville takes its civic responsibility seriously and regularly holds public meetings to give residents an opportunity to voice their concerns about local politics. Additionally, special events like candidate forums are held before each election cycle to allow voters to learn more about each candidate and ask questions about their policies and platforms. This ensures that everyone in Oakville can make an informed decision when they cast their ballot on Election Day.
The political climate in Zip 52646 (Oakville, IA) is very conservative.
Louisa County, IA is very conservative. In Louisa County, IA 32.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Louisa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.6% to 32.4%.
Louisa county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52646 (Oakville, IA) is very conservative.
Oakville, Iowa is very conservative.
Louisa 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.
Oakville, 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 52646 (Oakville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 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)