50851 Lenox, IA is a small town located in western Iowa with a population of around 1,500 people. Politically, the town is comprised of mostly conservative-leaning citizens who are supportive of local and state initiatives that promote traditional values. The main political party in this area is the Republican Party, although there are Democratic sympathizers among the population as well. There are typically two mayoral elections every four years, in which voters have the opportunity to elect their preferred candidate to represent their interests and concerns. In addition, Lenox also has an active City Council who meets regularly to discuss local government matters related to budgeting, infrastructure improvements, and services provided by the municipality.
The political climate in Zip 50851 (Lenox, IA) is very conservative.
Taylor County, IA is very conservative. In Taylor County, IA 23.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Taylor county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.8% to 23.0%.
Taylor county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50851 (Lenox, IA) is very conservative.
Lenox, Iowa is very conservative.
Taylor 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.
Lenox, 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 50851 (Lenox)
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 4 contributions totaling $553 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)