Lakota, IA is a small town in the heart of Iowa. The town has a vibrant and engaged population that take part in local politics on a regular basis to ensure their community maintains its unique charm and integrity. Every few years, local candidates run for election to represent Lakota at the city, county, and state level. These candidates come from all walks of life and have varied backgrounds and perspectives which provide a great range of ideas and opinions when it comes time to craft policy. Residents take these elections seriously as they are key in maintaining the quality of life in Lakota that keeps many people living there.
The political climate in Lakota, IA is strongly conservative.
Kossuth County, IA is very conservative. In Kossuth County, IA 29.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kossuth county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 29.7%.
Kossuth county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lakota, IA is strongly conservative.
Kossuth 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.
Lakota, 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 Lakota, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $270 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)