Lake City, IA is a small town located in the state of Iowa. Politically, the town is governed by a mayor and council members who are elected by the citizens of Lake City. In addition to electing their local government officials, the citizens of Lake City also take part in state and national politics by voting in elections for representatives and senators. The people of Lake City have always taken an active role in politics, whether it’s through local governance or casting their votes for candidates running for public office. With its passionate residents and strong sense of community, Lake City has been a proud player on the political stage since its founding.
The political climate in Lake City, IA is strongly conservative.
Calhoun County, IA is very conservative. In Calhoun County, IA 28.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calhoun county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.2% to 28.0%.
Calhoun county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake City, IA is strongly conservative.
Calhoun County, Iowa 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.
Lake City, 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 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 Lake City, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $247 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $4,450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $494 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)