Muscatine, IA is a city located in Muscatine County and is home to a population of over 22,400 people. The city has a rich political history with many local political candidates. Currently, the mayor of Muscatine is Diana Broderson and she serves alongside four other members on the City Council. The City Council is responsible for making decisions that affect the day-to-day operations of the city, such as budgeting and allocating funds for various projects. Residents of Muscatine also have the opportunity to participate in local elections which take place every two years. These elections decide who will represent them on the City Council as well as in other government roles, such as County Supervisor or School Board Member. Along with local elections, Muscatine residents may also vote in state and national elections to decide their representatives at higher levels of government. All in all, politics play an important role in shaping life in Muscatine and provides an opportunity for citizens to make their voices heard through voting.
The political climate in Muscatine, IA is leaning conservative.
Muscatine County, IA is leaning conservative. In Muscatine County, IA 45.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Muscatine county remained moderately Republican, 52.4% to 45.3%.
Muscatine county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Muscatine, IA is leaning conservative.
Muscatine County, Iowa is leaning conservative.
Muscatine 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.
Muscatine, 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 Muscatine, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,824 contributions totaling $413,836 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,960 contributions totaling $878,248 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $448 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)