Lucas, IA is a small, rural community located in central Iowa. The town has a long history of local politics that are heavily impacted by its close-knit community and traditional values. Lucas is governed by the Lucas City Council, which consists of five members elected to staggered four-year terms. The current mayor is Larry Johnson who was reelected in 2018. The City Council works closely with the Mayor and residents to identify and address local issues such as infrastructure improvements, economic development, public safety initiatives, and educational opportunities. Additionally, the town hosts several popular political events including an annual Fourth of July picnic and a fall harvest festival. Residents take great pride in their hometown politics and actively engage with local candidates during election season to ensure their voice is heard.
The political climate in Lucas, IA is very conservative.
Lucas County, IA is very conservative. In Lucas County, IA 27.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lucas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.0% to 27.7%.
Lucas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lucas, IA is very conservative.
Lucas 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.
Lucas, 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 Lucas, IA
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 4 contributions totaling $270 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)