La Motte, IA is a small city located in Jackson County. It is home to just over 500 people and has a rich history. Politically, La Motte is a part of Iowa’s House District 58 and Iowa’s Senate District 48. Residents of La Motte are represented by Representative Gary Mohr of the State House and Senator Dennis Guth of the State Senate. At the county level, La Motte residents are represented by Supervisor Jeffrey Neary of Jackson County. There is no local government in La Motte, as it falls under the jurisdiction of Jackson County government. The citizens of La Motte participate in elections at both the state and county levels to ensure their legislative voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 52054 (La Motte, IA) is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, IA is strongly conservative. In Jackson County, IA 36.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.3% to 36.2%.
Jackson county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52054 (La Motte, IA) is strongly conservative.
La Motte, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, Iowa is strongly 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.
La Motte, Iowa: D D D D 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 52054 (La Motte)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $220 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $11,800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $328 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)