Washington, IA 52353 is the county seat of Washington County, Iowa and has seen a number of political candidates recently. The city is home to a diverse population of locals who are engaged in local politics. In recent years, candidates running for local office have included members from the Democratic Party, Republican Party, and the Libertarian Party. These individuals have worked hard to represent the interests of their constituents while advocating for changes that are beneficial to all residents. Through their efforts, Washington, IA 52353 has seen an increase in civic engagement as well as a better understanding of the issues facing the citizens and their community.
The political climate in Zip 52353 (Washington, IA) is moderately conservative.
Washington County, IA is moderately conservative. In Washington County, IA 38.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.3% to 38.8%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52353 (Washington, IA) is moderately conservative.
Washington, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Washington County, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Iowa City Metro Area is very 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.
Washington, Iowa: r R r 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 52353 (Washington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 334 contributions totaling $37,695 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 144 contributions totaling $64,532 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $448 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)