Epworth, IA is a small city with a population of around 2,800 people. The local government is headed by the Mayor and City Council, who are all elected to serve the citizens of Epworth. Currently, the Mayor is Jim O'Brien who has been in office since 2017. The City Council members include Jay Gardner, Cathy Shappell, Heather Powers, and Tony Allender. Each of these individuals bring their own unique skills and talents to the table to ensure that Epworth remains a safe and thriving community for its residents. They work together to make sure taxes are managed responsibly and that services like police and fire departments are properly funded. Additionally, they strive to keep Epworth's economy growing so that businesses can continue to provide jobs and opportunities for residents throughout the area. Through their hard work and dedication, they hope to ensure that Epworth remains a vibrant place to live for many years to come.
The political climate in Zip 52045 (Epworth, 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
Zip 52045 (Epworth, IA) is somewhat conservative.
Epworth, Iowa 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.
Epworth, 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 52045 (Epworth)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18 contributions totaling $4,842 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $269 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)