Millersburg, IA is a small farming town located in the heart of Iowa. Despite its small size, Millersburg has an active political scene. Many local organizations and groups are involved in advocating for their beliefs and fighting for change in the community. The local government is made up of an elected mayor and city council members who oversee all decisions concerning the town's laws, regulations, and infrastructure. Every two years, citizens of Millersburg cast their votes to decide who will be their representatives in local politics. Community members are passionate about making sure that their voices are heard on matters such as taxes, regulation, public safety, and other issues that affect them directly.
The political climate in Millersburg, IA is strongly conservative.
Iowa County, IA is strongly conservative. In Iowa County, IA 36.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Iowa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.7% to 36.4%.
Iowa county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Millersburg, IA is strongly conservative.
Iowa County, Iowa is strongly 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.
Millersburg, 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 Millersburg, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $760 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)