52338 Swisher, IA is located in Johnson County and is part of the Cedar Rapids metropolitan area. As such, it is represented in the Iowa House of Representatives by Amy Nielsen and Todd Prichard. At a federal level, 52338 Swisher, IA falls under the jurisdiction of Dave Loebsack for the United States House of Representatives. As far as political views in 52338 Swisher, IA are concerned, they tend to be largely conservative with a strong emphasis on small government and fiscal responsibility. Residents often take a pragmatic approach to politics; while they support conservative values overall, they are open to compromise when it comes to complex issues that affect their lives directly. These attitudes can also be seen in local elections where citizens are willing to give candidates from all parties a fair chance at representing them in office.
The political climate in Zip 52338 (Swisher, IA) is moderately liberal.
Johnson County, IA is very liberal. In Johnson County, IA 70.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 27.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Johnson county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 70.6% to 27.3%.
Johnson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52338 (Swisher, IA) is moderately liberal.
Swisher, Iowa is moderately liberal.
Johnson County, Iowa is very liberal.
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.
Swisher, Iowa: D D D D D D
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 52338 (Swisher)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 75 contributions totaling $9,086 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $30,660 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $529 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)