Leon, IA is an agricultural community in the heart of Decatur County. With a population of just over 2,000 people, it is a tight-knit rural town with a long history of political involvement. The local politics of Leon are largely based on small-town values and supporting the local community. Various local candidates run for office each election season to represent the diverse interests of the town’s residents. Issues that receive attention from these candidates include improving infrastructure in Leon, managing school finances, and promoting economic development throughout the county. These candidates understand that they have an important role to play in keeping Leon safe and prosperous through effective policies and initiatives. Through their hard work and dedication to preserving small-town values, these candidates help shape Leon’s future and ensure that it remains a vibrant part of Decatur County.
The political climate in Zip 50144 (Leon, IA) is strongly conservative.
Decatur County, IA is very conservative. In Decatur County, IA 29.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Decatur county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.7% to 29.4%.
Decatur county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50144 (Leon, IA) is strongly conservative.
Leon, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Decatur 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.
Leon, 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 50144 (Leon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $680 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $2,660 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)