Marne, IA is a small town located in northwestern Iowa. It is home to just over 500 people, making it a tight-knit community with strong local ties. Politics in Marne, IA are mostly overseen by the local government and various committees that focus on important issues such as education, infrastructure, and public health. The mayor of Marne appoints individuals to serve on the city council and actively listens to their needs to ensure that the voices of all residents are heard. Local elections for mayor and city council occur every four years and are usually hotly contested races involving dynamic platforms from each candidate. The citizens of Marne take a great deal of pride in their local politics and always welcome participation from everyone within the community.
The political climate in Marne, IA is very conservative.
Cass County, IA is very conservative. In Cass County, IA 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cass county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.3% to 30.3%.
Cass county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marne, IA is very conservative.
Cass County, Iowa 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.
Marne, 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 Marne, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $184 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $1,550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)