The city of Melrose, IA is a small rural town in Iowa’s Fillmore County. While it does not have any local political candidates, it is home to the Fillmore County political scene. The Fillmore County Board of Supervisors governs the county and is composed of three members elected at large by the voters of the county every four years. This board acts as both legislative and executive body for all of Fillmore County, including Melrose, IA. They oversee and maintain public services such as road repair, health care facilities, and law enforcement within their jurisdiction. Additionally, they are responsible for ensuring that the county budget is properly allocated to benefit all citizens residing in the area. Many local initiatives also come before this board for final vote approval or denial. Through these responsibilities, the Board of Supervisors works to ensure that Melrose remains a safe and prosperous place for its residents.
The political climate in Melrose, IA is very conservative.
Monroe County, IA is very conservative. In Monroe County, IA 26.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.8% to 26.4%.
Monroe county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Melrose, IA is very conservative.
Monroe 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.
Melrose, 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 Melrose, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $846 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $12,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $4,000 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)