52068 Peosta, IA is a small town located in Dubuque County. It is home to over 1,800 people and has a mayor/council form of government. The mayor of Peosta is Mike Drexler, who was elected in 2018. The town council consists of six members – three elected from each ward – who serve four-year terms and are responsible for the town’s government operations and services. Additionally, 52068 Peosta also has a local school board with seven members who serve four-year terms and are responsible for the town’s education system and community resources. Overall, 52068 Peosta’s local politics focus on creating a safe environment for its citizens while continuing to support educational initiatives within the community.
The political climate in Zip 52068 (Peosta, IA) is somewhat conservative.
Dubuque County, IA is leaning conservative. In Dubuque County, IA 47.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dubuque county remained Republican, 50.5% to 47.6%.
Dubuque county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52068 (Peosta, IA) is somewhat conservative.
Peosta, Iowa is somewhat conservative.
Dubuque County, Iowa is leaning conservative.
Dubuque 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.
Peosta, 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 52068 (Peosta)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $1,800 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $41,430 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $691 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)