Orient, Iowa is a small rural community located in Adair County. The town has a population of around 1,000 people and is known for its tight-knit community values and way of life. Political engagement in Orient is high, with the local elections being hotly contested by the many dedicated candidates running for office. As the town's population is so small, each candidate has the opportunity to make sure their voice and ideas are heard by everyone in the area. Elections here tend to be fiercely fought as the residents strive to make sure they have representatives that will uphold their values and work for their interests. With such passionate lobbying on both sides of any political issue, it can be seen how important politics are to those living in Orient.
The political climate in Zip 50858 (Orient, IA) is very conservative.
Adair County, IA is very conservative. In Adair County, IA 28.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Adair county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 28.7%.
Adair county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50858 (Orient, IA) is very conservative.
Orient, Iowa is very conservative.
Adair County, Iowa is very conservative.
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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.
Orient, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 50858 (Orient)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $150 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $15 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)