Lewis, IA is located in the western part of Iowa and is a small town with a population of approximately 536 people. Politics in Lewis, IA are shaped by the local government in charge. The government consists of a five-member city council that meets twice a month to discuss and vote on various issues from budgeting proposals to zoning regulations. Each council member represents the interests of their ward and helps shape the policies that determine quality of life for its citizens. The mayor, who is elected at-large for a two-year term, presides over the council meetings and serves as an ex officio member with no voting power. All five members of the city council are elected by residents of Lewis, IA every four years. As such, elections are an important aspect in determining how business is conducted within the city limits.
The political climate in Zip 51544 (Lewis, IA) is very conservative.
Cass County, IA is very conservative. In Cass County, IA 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cass county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.3% to 30.3%.
Cass county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51544 (Lewis, IA) is very conservative.
Lewis, Iowa is very conservative.
Cass 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.
Lewis, 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 51544 (Lewis)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $7 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $7 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $1,681 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $336 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)