The city of Dubuque, Iowa (52001) is an interesting and diverse place when it comes to politics. It is located in the northeastern corner of the state and has a long history of progressive leadership, advocating for positive change within the county. The current mayor, Roy Buol, was elected to office in 2014 and is running for reelection this November. His platform focuses on creating a safe and prosperous community through infrastructure improvements, job creation, public safety initiatives, and environmental sustainability efforts. He is up against two other candidates: Michael Muenstermann who is running on a platform of fiscal responsibility and economic growth; and Robert Threlkeld who emphasizes public education and social equality. Each candidate has their own unique vision for the future of Dubuque and it will be interesting to see how residents vote in November.
The political climate in Zip 52001 (Dubuque, IA) is leaning conservative.
Dubuque County, IA is leaning conservative. In Dubuque County, IA 47.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dubuque county remained Republican, 50.5% to 47.6%.
Dubuque county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52001 (Dubuque, IA) is leaning conservative.
Dubuque, Iowa is leaning conservative.
Dubuque County, Iowa is leaning conservative.
Dubuque Metro Area is leaning 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.
Dubuque, 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 52001 (Dubuque)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,943 contributions totaling $137,548 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 379 contributions totaling $161,201 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $425 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)