52653 Wappelo, IA is a small city located near the Des Moines River in southeastern Iowa. Although it is a small community, it has an active political scene. The City of Wapello is led by Mayor Steve Stiles, who was elected in 2015 and re-elected in 2019. Additionally, the City Council consists of seven members who are elected to serve four-year terms. The City Council meets regularly to discuss local issues and create policies that ensure the well-being of its residents. Local candidates also run for office on both the state and national level. For example, in 2020 Congresswoman Cindy Axne ran for her second term representing Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District which includes Wapello. Many residents of Wapello actively participate in their local government by attending public meetings or voting during elections.
The political climate in Zip 52653 (Wapello, IA) is strongly conservative.
Louisa County, IA is very conservative. In Louisa County, IA 32.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Louisa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.6% to 32.4%.
Louisa county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52653 (Wapello, IA) is strongly conservative.
Wapello, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Louisa County, Iowa is very conservative.
Not Found Metro Area is 0.
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.
Wapello, Iowa: d 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 52653 (Wapello)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $4,720 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)