The politics in 50554 Laurens, IA are based on the local government and its elected officials. The City of Laurens is governed by a five-member city council, consisting of the mayor and four council members. All five members serve a four-year term, with elections taking place every two years. The city council meets regularly to make decisions on local issues, including zoning ordinances, budgets, public works projects and development plans. The city also maintains policy committees that review proposed changes or new initiatives from residents and business owners before the city council can vote on them. Residents of 50554 Laurens, IA can stay informed on the activities of their local government by attending meetings or reading updates on social media and online news sources.
The political climate in Zip 50554 (Laurens, IA) is strongly conservative.
Pocahontas County, IA is very conservative. In Pocahontas County, IA 24.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pocahontas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.9% to 24.4%.
Pocahontas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50554 (Laurens, IA) is strongly conservative.
Laurens, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Pocahontas 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.
Laurens, 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 50554 (Laurens)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 42 contributions totaling $3,738 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $3,578 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)