Wever, Iowa (52658) is a small town located in Lee County, Iowa. While it is a relatively small population of just under 500 people, this delightful community is home to a great number of organizations and local political representatives. Wever is served by its own mayor and city council who are elected by the resident's vote. The mayor provides leadership for all city services and actively works with the government officials at both the county and state level to ensure that Wever’s needs are met. Additionally, residents can participate in many other political activities such as attending city council meetings or joining one of several local political party groups. By being involved and engaged with their local politics, Wever’s citizens can take steps towards making sure that their voices are heard throughout the region.
The political climate in Zip 52658 (Wever, IA) is moderately conservative.
Lee County, IA is moderately conservative. In Lee County, IA 39.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lee county remained very strongly Republican, 58.4% to 39.1%.
Lee county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52658 (Wever, IA) is moderately conservative.
Wever, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Lee County, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Fort Madison-Keokuk Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Wever, Iowa: D D 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 52658 (Wever)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $1,150 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $288 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $419 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)