Dorchester, IA 52140 is located in Plymouth County and is a small rural town with a population of approximately 563 people. It has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor being elected every two years and four council members elected at large. The current mayor of Dorchester is Tom Moehrle, who was first elected to office in 2012. Council members are John Hagerty, Larry Wooley, Mary Ann Severson, and Madelyn Kastler. Each year they review the budget for the town and make decisions about how best to serve its citizens. The council is also responsible for approving local business permits and zoning changes as well as creating ordinances that ensure public safety and order in the community. Issues that have been discussed by the council recently include improving public transportation, economic development initiatives, building new roads and sidewalks, improving services for seniors, maintaining parks and providing recreational activities for residents.
The political climate in Zip 52140 (Dorchester, IA) is very conservative.
Allamakee County, IA is strongly conservative. In Allamakee County, IA 34.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allamakee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 34.7%.
Allamakee county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52140 (Dorchester, IA) is very conservative.
Dorchester, Iowa is very conservative.
Allamakee 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.
Dorchester, 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 52140 (Dorchester)
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 1 contributions totaling $365 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $365 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)