The city of 52151 Lansing, IA is a small town with a population of just over 700 people. While it may be small, the politics in the city are as active and important as any other larger city. All decisions that impact the town, from local ordinances to how taxpayer money is allocated, are made by the elected officials in the City Council. The Mayor and five council members serve four-year terms and are responsible for representing their constituents’ concerns at City Council meetings. Elections for mayor and council members happen every two years, giving the citizens of 52151 Lansing an opportunity to have their voices heard. There are currently no declared political candidates running for office this year but it is sure to be an exciting election season as citizens determine who will lead them for the next four years.
The political climate in Zip 52151 (Lansing, IA) is strongly conservative.
Allamakee County, IA is strongly conservative. In Allamakee County, IA 34.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allamakee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 34.7%.
Allamakee county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52151 (Lansing, IA) is strongly conservative.
Lansing, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Allamakee 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.
Lansing, Iowa: r r 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 52151 (Lansing)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $2,195 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $804 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $268 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)