52361 Williamsburg, IA is located in the heart of Iowa and is a small rural community. The town operates under the guidance of local government and is represented at the county, state, and federal levels. At the county level, Williamsburg has two representatives that are elected by the residents and serve on the Board of Supervisors. At the state level, Williamsburg is represented by a State Senator and one State Representative who are both elected to serve in Des Moines for two-year terms. As for national politics, Williamsburg falls under the US Congressional District 3 which is currently represented by Cindy Axne (D). All politics within Williamsburg focus on improving community services such as public safety, parks and recreation, libraries, healthcare access and more.
The political climate in Zip 52361 (Williamsburg, IA) is strongly conservative.
Iowa County, IA is strongly conservative. In Iowa County, IA 36.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Iowa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.7% to 36.4%.
Iowa county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52361 (Williamsburg, IA) is strongly conservative.
Williamsburg, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Iowa County, Iowa is strongly conservative.
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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.
Williamsburg, Iowa: r r 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 52361 (Williamsburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 78 contributions totaling $2,473 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 76 contributions totaling $95,809 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,261 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)