Robins, IA is a small city in Linn County with a population of 5,523. It is part of the Cedar Rapids metropolitan area and is governed by an elected mayor and five council members. The current mayor is Jim McDonough and the City Council includes Julie Bachman, Roderick Smith, Robert Browne, Doug Feenstra, and Ryan Redlinger. Politics in Robins are generally focused on providing services and resources to its citizens while maintaining fiscal responsibility. The city has invested in infrastructure projects such as street repairs, new sidewalks, library improvements, and green space preservation. Additionally, it has strongly supported local businesses through tax incentives and funding for outreach programs. Robins also strives to maintain strong ties with other communities both in the Cedar Rapids area and beyond. This dedication to collaboration has enabled Robins to achieve many successes in recent years including increased economic development opportunities for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 52328 (Robins, IA) is leaning liberal.
Linn County, IA is somewhat liberal. In Linn County, IA 55.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Linn county remained strongly Democratic, 55.6% to 41.9%.
Linn county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52328 (Robins, IA) is leaning liberal.
Robins, Iowa is leaning liberal.
Linn County, Iowa is somewhat liberal.
Cedar Rapids Metro Area is leaning 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.
Robins, 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 52328 (Robins)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 137 contributions totaling $8,898 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $18,673 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)