La Motte, IA is a small town located in Dubuque County with a population of approximately 370 people. It is a rural community that prides itself on its close-knit and environmentally conscious citizens. Politically, the town is largely Democratic. In recent elections, the majority of residents have chosen to cast their ballots for Democratic candidates running for both local and state offices. The current mayor of La Motte is Don Graham, who was elected in 2018 and will be up for re-election in 2022. Local government focuses heavily on environmental initiatives such as maintaining agricultural land and investing in green energy projects. There are also several local organizations that are dedicated to ensuring the safety and well-being of La Motte's citizens, including an animal shelter and volunteer fire department. Ultimately, politics in La Motte are centered around preserving the small-town atmosphere while continuing to embrace progressiveness and sustainability.
The political climate in La Motte, IA is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, IA is strongly conservative. In Jackson County, IA 36.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.3% to 36.2%.
Jackson county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
La Motte, IA is strongly conservative.
Jackson 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.
La Motte, Iowa: D D 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 La Motte, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $440 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $23,600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $328 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)