The small town of Lytton, IA located in Hancock county has a population of just over 500 people. Politics in this small Iowa town may not be as active as those in larger cities, but the residents of Lytton still come out to vote and have their voices heard. During election season, candidates for local offices will often come to the town square to share their platforms and meet with constituents. While only local offices are up for grabs, these elections are still very important to the well-being and future growth of the town. It's a great way for residents to get involved and make a difference at a grassroots level.
The political climate in Zip 50561 (Lytton, IA) is very conservative.
Calhoun County, IA is very conservative. In Calhoun County, IA 28.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calhoun county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.2% to 28.0%.
Calhoun county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50561 (Lytton, IA) is very conservative.
Lytton, Iowa is very conservative.
Calhoun 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.
Lytton, 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 50561 (Lytton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $1,080 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $3,421 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)