Ladora, IA is a small town with a population of 2,000 people. It is located in Iowa County and governed by its county board of supervisors. The local political scene is dominated by the two major parties - the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. Each party has their own slate of candidates running for office in Ladora with a focus on issues such as economic development, public safety, and social services. The citizens of Ladora are passionate about who they choose to represent them and take their role as an active participant in the democratic process seriously. During election season, candidates campaign energetically to win the support of the town's residents and ensure that their voices are heard at the local level.
The political climate in Ladora, IA is strongly conservative.
Iowa County, IA is strongly conservative. In Iowa County, IA 36.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Iowa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.7% to 36.4%.
Iowa county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ladora, IA is strongly conservative.
Iowa 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.
Ladora, 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 Ladora, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $530 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $1,168 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)