Mount Vernon, IA (52314) is located within Linn County in the state of Iowa. The local politics of this area are represented by members of the Iowa House of Representatives and Senate. At the county level, Linn County is governed by elected officials from the Board of Supervisors. The City Council is responsible for setting policy and making decisions on behalf of the citizens in Mount Vernon. In addition to these local political representatives, there are also candidates running for office in various elections throughout the year such as presidential elections, US Congressional races, and other state-wide offices. The focus of Mount Vernon's politics is on advocating for issues such as improving infrastructure, providing public services, increasing economic opportunities in the city, and preserving natural resources. Residents have a great opportunity to voice their opinions through voting and actively engaging in political discourse.
The political climate in Zip 52314 (Mount Vernon, IA) is leaning liberal.
Linn County, IA is somewhat liberal. In Linn County, IA 55.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Linn county remained strongly Democratic, 55.6% to 41.9%.
Linn county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52314 (Mount Vernon, IA) is leaning liberal.
Mount Vernon, Iowa is leaning liberal.
Linn County, Iowa is somewhat liberal.
Cedar Rapids Metro Area is leaning 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.
Mount Vernon, Iowa: d d D D d D
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 52314 (Mount Vernon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 435 contributions totaling $62,517 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 85 contributions totaling $16,375 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)