The small town of Lamont, IA (zip code 50650) is situated in the heart of the Midwest. It is a rural community with an agricultural background and a close-knit population of around 1,500 people. Despite its population size, Lamont has a relatively active political culture, with local residents engaging in various forms of democratic activities. The town's local government consists of an elected mayor and city council who are responsible for providing services such as public safety, road maintenance, and other basic amenities to the citizens of Lamont. Local political candidates are elected every two years using the traditional Iowa caucuses system. Residents also take part in larger state-wide elections such as gubernatorial races and presidential primaries. Lamont's citizens are known to be dedicated voters who value their right to have a say in how their community is run and managed.
The political climate in Zip 50650 (Lamont, IA) is strongly conservative.
Buchanan County, IA is moderately conservative. In Buchanan County, IA 38.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Buchanan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.6% to 38.7%.
Buchanan county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50650 (Lamont, IA) is strongly conservative.
Lamont, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Buchanan County, Iowa is moderately 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.
Lamont, 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 50650 (Lamont)
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 7 contributions totaling $2,385 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $341 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)