The city of Tripoli, IA is a small community located in Bremer County. It is home to roughly 818 people and is a great place for those looking for a quieter lifestyle while still being close enough to larger cities nearby. Politically, the city of Tripoli leans conservatively. The Mayor of Tripoli is currently Mary Jo Schmitz, who was elected in 2018 and has been re-elected since then. The City Council also consists of five members elected at large on a non-partisan ballot. The City Council meets regularly and makes decisions regarding important local issues such as infrastructure repairs, budgeting, public safety initiatives and other matters that affect the residents of the city. In general, the citizens of Tripoli tend to support conservative views on most issues and are active in their local politics.
The political climate in Zip 50676 (Tripoli, IA) is moderately conservative.
Bremer County, IA is somewhat conservative. In Bremer County, IA 41.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bremer county remained very strongly Republican, 57.0% to 41.0%.
Bremer county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50676 (Tripoli, IA) is moderately conservative.
Tripoli, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Bremer County, Iowa is somewhat conservative.
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Metro Area is leaning 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.
Tripoli, Iowa: r r 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 50676 (Tripoli)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $215 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $651 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)