Meyer, IA is a small rural town located in eastern Iowa. While it may not be the center of political news and activity, the local politics remain important to the residents of Meyer. Local elections are held every two years in order to elect city council members and other elected officials who will then work on behalf of the people in their community. During these elections, residents come together to discuss issues that are important to them and vote for candidates that they believe will best represent their interests in local government. The city council meets regularly throughout the year in order to discuss and decide on issues such as infrastructure improvements, budgeting priorities, public safety initiatives, and more. Through this process, Meyer's citizens have a voice when it comes to making decisions that affect their day-to-day lives.
The political climate in Meyer, IA is strongly conservative.
Mitchell County, IA is strongly conservative. In Mitchell County, IA 35.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mitchell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.2% to 35.3%.
Mitchell county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Meyer, IA is strongly conservative.
Mitchell County, Iowa is strongly 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.
Meyer, Iowa: d d 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 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 Meyer, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $211 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $101 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)