Lenox, IA is a small town located in the Midwestern United States. The city is governed by a mayor-council system and the city council consists of five members who are elected at-large to serve four-year terms. Currently, there are no local political candidates running for any office in Lenox, IA. Elections in Lenox are usually nonpartisan with a focus on issues that affect residents such as public safety, taxes, infrastructure, and economic development. Residents of Lenox take an active interest in local politics and are encouraged to get involved by attending city council meetings or engaging with their representatives via social media or other platforms. In addition, local newspapers often cover the latest news of elections and other political events occurring within the town. Although Lenox is too small to have its own political party, residents still engage with state and national politics through voting and activism.
The political climate in Lenox, IA is strongly conservative.
Taylor County, IA is very conservative. In Taylor County, IA 23.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Taylor county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.8% to 23.0%.
Taylor county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lenox, IA is strongly conservative.
Taylor 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.
Lenox, 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 Lenox, 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 8 contributions totaling $1,106 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)