The politics in the Marshalltown, IA Metro Area are shaped by the local government and residents who live there. The City of Marshalltown is governed by a mayor and six city council members who serve four-year terms. Elections are held in odd-numbered years to choose representatives for each position. The Iowa Legislature also has an impact on politics in the area as they represent the district that includes Marshalltown. Residents of the area have a strong voice when it comes to local politics and can get involved with advocacy groups or participate in voting to make their opinions heard. Through their political activities, locals help shape the laws and regulations governing Marshalltown and its surrounding communities.
The political climate in Marshalltown Metro Area is leaning conservative.
In Marshalltown Metro Area 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Marshalltown metro area remained moderately Republican, 52.8% to 45.1%.
The Marshalltown metro area voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marshalltown Metro Area is leaning 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.
Marshalltown, Iowa: r r 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Marshalltown Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 709 contributions totaling $66,513 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 435 contributions totaling $87,335 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)