The small town of Latimer, Iowa has a population of just over 1,000 people. Although it is a rural community, the citizens of Latimer take their local politics very seriously. Every election cycle, residents come out to the polls to cast their votes for local representatives and other political initiatives. Currently, the mayor of Latimer is Joe Smith and the City Council consists of five members. The council meets monthly at City Hall to discuss matters such as budgets, zoning regulations, and other issues facing the city. Residents are welcome to attend these meetings with their concerns or ideas about how to improve their community. Furthermore, there are several local charities that receive funding from the city each year in order to help those in need throughout Latimer and its surrounding communities. All in all, those living in Latimer place a great emphasis on engaging with politics in order to ensure that their voices are heard and that they can work together to achieve a brighter future for everyone living there.
The political climate in Latimer, IA is strongly conservative.
Franklin County, IA is very conservative. In Franklin County, IA 31.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.7% to 31.7%.
Franklin county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Latimer, IA is strongly conservative.
Franklin 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.
Latimer, Iowa: R R d 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 Latimer, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $376 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $1,735 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)