Milford, Iowa is a small town located in the Midwest of the United States that is known for its rural charm. Even though Milford is small, it still has its own politics. The city council in Milford consists of five members elected by the citizens of Milford to represent them and their interests at the local level. Every two years, residents of Milford can vote for the city council members they want to see represent them on important issues. Additionally, the mayor of Milford, who serves as the leader of the city government and presides over many meetings, is also elected every four years by voters in town. As such, residents of Milford have a direct say in who makes decisions about their community and how it is run.
The political climate in Milford, IA is moderately conservative.
Dickinson County, IA is very conservative. In Dickinson County, IA 32.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dickinson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 32.6%.
Dickinson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Milford, IA is moderately conservative.
Dickinson County, Iowa is very conservative.
Spirit Lake Metro Area is very 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.
Milford, 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 Milford, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 321 contributions totaling $23,262 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 489 contributions totaling $360,915 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $738 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)