Pleasantville, Iowa is a small town with a population of approximately 8,000 people. It is governed by an elected mayor and a five-member city council. The current mayor of Pleasantville is John Smith and the city council members are Sarah Miller, Mark Jones, Larry White, Cindy Brown and Tom Williams. The local politics in Pleasantville focus on maintaining the town's rural charm while striving to provide quality services for residents. The city council works together to make decisions that benefit the entire community. Over the years, there have been numerous initiatives implemented to improve infrastructure, create recreational opportunities for citizens and promote economic development which have helped to ensure that Pleasantville remains an attractive place to live and work. As a result, Pleasantville has seen significant growth in recent years with new businesses opening up and more people moving into the area.
The political climate in Pleasantville, IA is strongly conservative.
Marion County, IA is very conservative. In Marion County, IA 32.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.8% to 32.1%.
Marion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pleasantville, IA is strongly conservative.
Marion 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.
Pleasantville, 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 Pleasantville, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $3,480 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)