52320 Olin, IA is a small community located in Jones County. The area is represented at the state and national levels by two Republican representatives, Senator Joni Ernst and Representative Ashley Hinson. Local politics are often focused on issues such as economic development, infrastructure investments, public safety initiatives, education reform, and environmental protection. At the local level, citizens can participate in town hall meetings to learn about different political stances and to share ideas on how best to improve the quality of life for all members of the community. An example of this kind of political engagement happened in 2020 when voters approved a $50 million bond referendum to build a new library for Olin. This showed that even though Olin may be a small town, it is still capable of making big changes through the power of local politics.
The political climate in Zip 52320 (Olin, 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 52320 (Olin, IA) is moderately conservative.
Olin, 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.
Olin, 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 52320 (Olin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,577 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)