Lansing, Iowa is a small town in Allamakee County with a population of approximately 1,100 people. It is an active yet quiet community that takes pride in its history and values the importance of local politics. This is demonstrated by the high number of residents who take part in civic activities such as voting and attending public meetings. The city council meets twice a month to discuss important matters that affect the citizens such as budgets and zoning laws. Community members are encouraged to attend these meetings and make their voices heard through open discussion or written comments. Additionally, Lansing has two locally elected representatives who serve on the Allamakee County Board of Supervisors. These representatives are responsible for making decisions about issues that affect all of Allamakee County, including Lansing. Through these representatives, Lansing’s local government helps to ensure that their town remains active and connected to county-wide activity and decision-making processes.
The political climate in Lansing, IA is strongly conservative.
Allamakee County, IA is strongly conservative. In Allamakee County, IA 34.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allamakee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 34.7%.
Allamakee county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lansing, IA is strongly conservative.
Allamakee County, Iowa is strongly 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.
Lansing, Iowa: r 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 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 Lansing, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $2,195 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $804 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $268 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)