The small town of Lake View, IA is home to a proud community of individuals who take part in politics and are engaged in their local governance. The town is served by a mayor, city council, and several municipal boards, all of which are elected by the people of Lake View. The town hall holds regular public meetings to discuss important issues related to local government operations. Residents of Lake View are passionate about their political views and often take part in debates at these meetings. They also frequently participate in campaigns for local political candidates running for office. Lake View takes pride in its citizens' involvement in the political process and works hard to ensure that everyone can have their voice heard when it comes to matters of importance to the community.
The political climate in Lake View, IA is strongly conservative.
Sac County, IA is very conservative. In Sac County, IA 25.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sac county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.4% to 25.1%.
Sac county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake View, IA is strongly conservative.
Sac 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.
Lake View, 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 Lake View, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,336 contributions totaling $60,388 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 156 contributions totaling $19,580 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)