West Liberty, Iowa is a small city located in Muscatine County with a population of roughly 3,737 people. The city has two wards and five City Council members that are elected at-large and serve four year terms. Local politics focus on issues such as public safety, economic development, and infrastructure improvement. The city also has an active Chamber of Commerce which works to promote local businesses and economic growth. With the recent addition of an industrial park to the city limits, West Liberty hopes to create more job opportunities for its citizens and spur further economic growth in the area. The residents of West Liberty take pride in their community and are dedicated to bettering their city for current and future generations.
The political climate in Zip 52776 (West Liberty, IA) is somewhat conservative.
Muscatine County, IA is leaning conservative. In Muscatine County, IA 45.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Muscatine county remained moderately Republican, 52.4% to 45.3%.
Muscatine county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52776 (West Liberty, IA) is somewhat conservative.
West Liberty, Iowa is somewhat conservative.
Muscatine County, Iowa is leaning conservative.
Muscatine 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.
West Liberty, 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 52776 (West Liberty)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 60 contributions totaling $5,582 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $3,605 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)