Lorimor, IA is a small town located in the southwest corner of the state. It is home to a close-knit community of just over 500 people, who take an active interest in local politics. The town is governed by a mayor and city council, each of whom are elected by the citizens every four years. Local candidates regularly appear on the ballot for positions such as mayor or council member. While the mayoral race may be competitive at times, most elections for these positions go uncontested, with the majority of Lorimor residents opting to re-elect incumbents instead of electing new faces. Issues that are important to this community include economic development, public safety, infrastructure maintenance and improvement, and education. There is also a strong focus on preserving local heritage and maintaining small town values.
The political climate in Lorimor, IA is strongly conservative.
Union County, IA is strongly conservative. In Union County, IA 33.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.8% to 33.3%.
Union county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lorimor, IA is strongly conservative.
Union 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.
Lorimor, 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 Lorimor, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $121 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $11 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $696 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)