George, IA is a small town located in the county of 51237. Politically, George is a reliably conservative area and has long been known as a stronghold for Republican politicians. In 2016, the county supported Donald Trump by a wide margin in the presidential election, and has consistently voted for conservative candidates in local races. There have been some exceptions to this trend over the years but overall it remains one of the most reliable GOP strongholds in the state. As such, local elections are usually dominated by Republican candidates who are well versed on matters of taxes, social security and education reform. There are also many races where third party candidates have fared well but they remain outliers compared to their GOP counterparts.
The political climate in Zip 51237 (George, IA) is very conservative.
Lyon County, IA is very conservative. In Lyon County, IA 15.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lyon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.2% to 15.5%.
Lyon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51237 (George, IA) is very conservative.
George, Iowa is very conservative.
Lyon 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.
George, 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 51237 (George)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 48 contributions totaling $6,834 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $2,555 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)