Pacific Junction, IA is a small community nestled in the heart of Iowa's rolling hills. Politically, the town is largely conservative and leans heavily towards the Republican party. The town has traditionally held elections that have been won by the Republican candidate, with little to no competition from other parties. The current mayor is a lifelong resident of Pacific Junction who was elected with overwhelming support from the town's residents. Local politics are mainly focused on issues such as maintaining and improving infrastructure, increasing economic development opportunities, and making sure that the town budget remains balanced. All of these efforts are taken up in order to ensure that Pacific Junction remains a vibrant and safe community for all its residents.
The political climate in Pacific Junction, IA is very conservative.
Mills County, IA is very conservative. In Mills County, IA 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mills county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.5% to 30.3%.
Mills county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pacific Junction, IA is very conservative.
Mills County, Iowa is very conservative.
Omaha-Council Bluffs Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Pacific Junction, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Pacific Junction, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $1,403 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,040 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)