Lester, IA is a small town with a population of 51242 people. Located in the heart of Iowa, it has a friendly and welcoming atmosphere, as well as strong community spirit. Politically, Lester is a swing district, with no single party holding majority control. Local politics are largely focused on issues such as education, health care and infrastructure. The city council works hard to ensure that each decision made takes into account the needs of the local community and is beneficial to everyone. Every year there are several candidates running for office in Lester who are committed to making sure that their constituents’ concerns are heard and addressed. Despite its size, Lester remains an important voice in state politics and has seen many success stories come out of its legislative initiatives over the years.
The political climate in Zip 51242 (Lester, IA) is very conservative.
Lyon County, IA is very conservative. In Lyon County, IA 15.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lyon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.2% to 15.5%.
Lyon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51242 (Lester, IA) is very conservative.
Lester, Iowa is very conservative.
Lyon 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.
Lester, 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 51242 (Lester)
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 11 contributions totaling $1,416 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)