52349 Vinton, IA is located in Benton County and is a small town with a population of just over 5,000. The local politics in this area are represented by city council members who oversee the day-to-day operations of the town. This includes managing budgets, setting ordinances, and developing initiatives to improve the quality of life for residents. Some of the main issues affecting the residents of Vinton include infrastructure improvements in order to increase economic growth, providing better public safety services, and promoting sustainability and environmental protection. Additionally, many candidates in the area focus their attention on issues such as health care access, education reform, job creation and economic development. These candidates are often chosen through local elections that are held every two years.
The political climate in Zip 52349 (Vinton, 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 52349 (Vinton, IA) is strongly conservative.
Vinton, 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.
Vinton, 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 52349 (Vinton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 410 contributions totaling $10,837 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $4,659 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)