The small town of 52721 Bennett, IA is not a major political hub, but the community does have involvement in local politics. The local government is composed of elected officials who strive to make the town a better place for its residents. Currently, there are no major political candidates running or campaigning in this area. Instead, the focus is more on voting for local ballot initiatives that will benefit the community as a whole. These initiatives range from access to quality health care to improving infrastructure and roads. Residents take part in local elections and cast their votes on important issues. 52721 Bennett, IA has a low voter turnout compared to other areas, yet remains an important part of the Iowa electoral process and helps shape the state's future.
The political climate in Zip 52721 (Bennett, IA) is moderately conservative.
Cedar County, IA is moderately conservative. In Cedar County, IA 40.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cedar county remained very strongly Republican, 57.6% to 40.5%.
Cedar county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52721 (Bennett, IA) is moderately conservative.
Bennett, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Cedar County, Iowa is moderately conservative.
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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.
Bennett, Iowa: d r 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 52721 (Bennett)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,849 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $205 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)