The small town of 52327 Riverside, IA is a vibrant community that is closely knit and involved in local politics. The residents take pride in their local governance and participate actively in the decision-making process. Elections for the town council are held every two years and contested by multiple candidates. The positions on the council are filled with dedicated individuals who work to make sure the town’s needs are met. Issues such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, and economic development are discussed regularly at meetings held throughout the year. Despite its small size, Riverside has a thriving political landscape that engages all citizens in the democratic process.
The political climate in Zip 52327 (Riverside, IA) is moderately conservative.
Washington County, IA is moderately conservative. In Washington County, IA 38.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.3% to 38.8%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52327 (Riverside, IA) is moderately conservative.
Riverside, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Washington County, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Iowa City Metro Area is very 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.
Riverside, 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 52327 (Riverside)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 183 contributions totaling $16,292 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $2,457 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)