In the city of 52345 Urbana, IA politics are an important part of everyday life. The local government is comprised of a mayor and six city council members who represent the interests of the citizens of the town. The mayor is elected every four years and each council member is elected for two year terms. All elections are held on the first Tuesday in November. The current mayor is James Smith and he was elected to his second term in 2018. Each council member works hard to ensure that the needs of all residents are met, whether they be related to infrastructure, zoning, jobs or public safety. Residents also have the chance to get involved by attending public forums or simply voting in local elections. Together, these representatives come together to make decisions that will shape their community and its future for years to come.
The political climate in Zip 52345 (Urbana, IA) is strongly conservative.
Benton County, IA is strongly conservative. In Benton County, IA 35.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Benton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.8% to 35.2%.
Benton county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52345 (Urbana, IA) is strongly conservative.
Urbana, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Benton County, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Cedar Rapids 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.
Urbana, Iowa: d d 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 52345 (Urbana)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $125 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 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)