Scranton, IA is a small town of less than 2,000 residents located in the southwestern corner of Iowa. The politics of Scranton are largely influenced by the state and county officials who represent them. At the state level, the citizens of Scranton are represented by Senator Charles Schneider and Representatives Clel Baudler and Jarad Klein in the Iowa General Assembly. At the county level, they are served by Supervisor Keith Radig and three County Supervisors, all elected at-large from across Lee County. Additionally, the city council of Scranton consists of five members elected at-large to three-year terms. They hold regular meetings throughout the year to oversee local policies concerning issues such as taxation, zoning regulations, public works projects, and other matters pertaining to the day-to-day operations of the town. As one can see, residents of Scranton have active involvement in their local government and many avenues for participation in local political activities.
The political climate in Zip 51462 (Scranton, IA) is strongly conservative.
Greene County, IA is strongly conservative. In Greene County, IA 35.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greene county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.7% to 35.0%.
Greene county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51462 (Scranton, IA) is strongly conservative.
Scranton, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Greene County, Iowa is strongly 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.
Scranton, Iowa: d r d 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 51462 (Scranton)
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 10 contributions totaling $1,745 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)