Stockport, IA is a small town located in the southeast corner of the state with a population of approximately 500 people. The town has a strong sense of community and local politics are important to many of its citizens. Over the years, Stockport has seen several mayors come and go, each helping to shape the political landscape in their own way. The current mayor is Bob Smith who was elected in 2018. He is running for re-election this year and his opponent is John Miller. Local elections are always hotly contested as Stockport residents take great pride in having their voices heard and making sure that their interests are represented on city council. In addition to electing their mayor, Stockport residents also vote for members of the city council. These representatives work together to ensure that services such as public safety and infrastructure are adequately funded in order to improve quality of life within the town.
The political climate in Zip 52651 (Stockport, IA) is very conservative.
Van Buren County, IA is very conservative. In Van Buren County, IA 23.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Van Buren county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.4% to 23.1%.
Van Buren county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52651 (Stockport, IA) is very conservative.
Stockport, Iowa is very conservative.
Van Buren 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.
Stockport, 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 52651 (Stockport)
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)