Asbury, IA is a small city located in Linn County, Iowa. It is a peaceful community filled with friendly locals and beautiful scenery. The city has a mayor-council form of government that consists of five members who are elected at large and serve four-year terms. The mayor is elected every two years. All the members of the council are responsible for different departments in the city such as public safety, streets, parks and recreation, finance and personnel. Asbury prides itself on being a safe and welcoming place for all its citizens to live, work, and play. The city also encourages active civic engagement by holding regular town hall meetings where residents can voice their opinions and concerns about local matters. The people of Asbury take pride in their ability to keep their community safe while still welcoming new people into their neighborhoods.
The political climate in Asbury, IA is somewhat 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
Asbury, IA is somewhat 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.
Asbury, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Asbury, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,142 contributions totaling $48,240 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 538 contributions totaling $239,242 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $445 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)