Martensdale, Iowa is a small town with a population of around 875 people. It has a mayoral government system and the current mayor is Beverly Hulett, who was elected in 2019. The town also has four city council members who are responsible for enacting local ordinances. Elections for these positions occur every two years and all residents of Martensdale are eligible to vote. Over the past few years, the political landscape in Martensdale has been fairly stable with no major changes or controversies. Residents have expressed satisfaction with the current leadership and remain committed to making their town as successful as possible.
The political climate in Martensdale, IA is moderately conservative.
Warren County, IA is moderately conservative. In Warren County, IA 40.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Warren county remained very strongly Republican, 57.3% to 40.5%.
Warren county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Martensdale, IA is moderately conservative.
Warren County, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Des Moines-West Des Moines Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Martensdale, Iowa: r r d 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 Martensdale, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 125 contributions totaling $4,891 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $3,404 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)