Cambridge, Iowa is a small town located in southwestern Iowa. It has a population of approximately 437 people and it is part of Story County. Cambridge is known for its friendly community atmosphere and its commitment to supporting its local businesses. In terms of politics, Cambridge has representatives from both major political parties at the state and federal level. At the state level, Senator Charles Schneider (Republican) and Representative Ross Wilburn (Democrat) represent this area in the State Legislature. At the federal level, Congressman David Young (Republican) represents Cambridge in the US House of Representatives. The City Council consists of five elected representatives who are responsible for setting policy, budgeting, and organizing city services. Currently, there are three Republicans and two Democrats on the council. Overall, politics in Cambridge promote cooperation between different opinions while still respecting diverse perspectives on public issues.
The political climate in Zip 50046 (Cambridge, IA) is leaning liberal.
Story County, IA is moderately liberal. In Story County, IA 57.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Story county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.2% to 39.9%.
Story county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50046 (Cambridge, IA) is leaning liberal.
Cambridge, Iowa is leaning liberal.
Story County, Iowa is moderately liberal.
Ames Metro Area is moderately 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.
Cambridge, Iowa: d d D D D D
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 50046 (Cambridge)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 199 contributions totaling $27,367 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $14,260 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $891 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)