Milo, Iowa is a small town located in Warren County that has a population of approximately 500 people. It is a rural community that is steeped in small-town values and close-knit relationships. While Milo does not have any local political candidates or representatives, its citizens are still engaged in state and national politics. Most of the citizens are registered Republicans, although there are some independents and Democrats as well. The town regularly participates in elections, voting on national and local issues. They also take part in the political discourse by attending town hall meetings and discussing current events with their neighbors and friends. In addition to advocating for local issues, the citizens of Milo are actively involved at the state level by contacting their legislators about important bills and policies that could affect life in their beloved community.
The political climate in Milo, 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
Milo, 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.
Milo, 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 Milo, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $980 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $2,450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $306 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)