Moorhead, IA is a small town located in Southwest Iowa with a population of around 1,400 people. Although the town is relatively small, politics still play an important role in the day-to-day operations of Moorhead and it’s citizens. The city council takes care of all matters related to the town, from appointments and financial decisions to community events and infrastructure projects. Local candidates run for office every two years and are elected by residents in order to represent them on the council. Residents also have the power to vote on major issues that affect their town such as taxes or zoning proposals. As a result, the political landscape in Moorhead is constantly evolving as citizens strive to create a better future for their community.
The political climate in Moorhead, IA is very conservative.
Monona County, IA is very conservative. In Monona County, IA 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monona county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.7% to 29.8%.
Monona county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Moorhead, IA is very conservative.
Monona 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.
Moorhead, 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 Moorhead, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $151 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $2,556 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)