Murray, IA is a small town located in the state of Iowa. The city has a current population of 1,057 people as of 2019, and is predominantly served by local government officials responsible for the welfare of its citizens. These local officials are elected on a biennial basis and work to ensure that the needs of the city's population are properly met. In recent elections, candidates from both political parties have run for office and have worked to create better policies to improve the quality of life in Murray, IA. Through their efforts, Murray has become an even more desirable place to live with increased focus on public safety, infrastructure improvements, and educational initiatives.
The political climate in Murray, IA is strongly conservative.
Clarke County, IA is very conservative. In Clarke County, IA 31.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clarke county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.3% to 31.4%.
Clarke county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Murray, IA is strongly conservative.
Clarke 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.
Murray, Iowa: d d d d 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 Murray, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)