The city of 52595 University Park, IA is a small community with a population of around 5,000 people. It is located in the southeastern corner of Iowa and has strong ties to its agricultural roots. Although the city is not home to any local political candidates, there are still many ways for citizens to get involved in their government. There are multiple local organizations dedicated to providing resources for citizens on how to become politically active in their community. Through these groups, citizens can learn more about state and national issues that affect them and actively participate in discussions about important topics such as taxes, education policies, health care reform, and more. In addition, the city regularly hosts events such as debates between candidates running for office so that the residents can hear more about their views on various issues. This allows citizens an opportunity to become better informed on where their elected officials stand on certain issues before casting their votes come Election Day.
The political climate in Zip 52595 (University Park, IA) is strongly conservative.
Mahaska County, IA is very conservative. In Mahaska County, IA 25.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mahaska county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.8% to 25.4%.
Mahaska county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52595 (University Park, IA) is strongly conservative.
University Park, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Mahaska County, Iowa is very conservative.
Oskaloosa Metro Area is very 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.
University Park, Iowa: R R R R 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 52595 (University Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $75 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)