Lorimor, IA is a small town located in the south-central region of the state. It is a rural area that has seen little growth in recent years and has thus maintained its traditional values and political views. The majority of the population are registered conservatives who typically support right-wing ideals and candidates in local and state elections. In Lorimor, locals often prioritize traditional values, such as promoting family values and protecting local jobs over new ideas or policies. Many of the community members are actively involved in their local politics, attending party meetings and working with representatives to ensure that their voices are heard. They use their votes to support candidates who will represent their interests at all levels of government. Overall, the political climate in Lorimor remains conservative but welcomes progressive dialogue to keep up with changing times.
The political climate in Zip 50149 (Lorimor, IA) is strongly conservative.
Union County, IA is strongly conservative. In Union County, IA 33.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.8% to 33.3%.
Union county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50149 (Lorimor, IA) is strongly conservative.
Lorimor, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Union County, Iowa is strongly 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.
Lorimor, Iowa: r r d d 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 50149 (Lorimor)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $121 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $11 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $696 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)