Meservey, IA is a small rural town in Cerro Gordo County with a population of just over 500 people. The community has long been known for its strong sense of civic engagement and grassroots politics. Residents are involved in local government decisions that affect the environment, healthcare, education, and other issues that are important to them. In recent years there have been several initiatives to make sure Meservey remains an inclusive municipality that provides equitable services for all citizens. Every two years, local residents elect three Town Council members to represent them on the Council. This group works together to ensure the health and safety of the town by making decisions on zoning regulations, creating budget plans for public services, and addressing any other town-related issues. The current council members are John Smith, Mary Jane Smith, and Dan Jones. They seek to continue fostering a unified community through their commitment to building relationships between residents from different backgrounds while also listening to their concerns about important issues like public safety and infrastructure needs.
The political climate in Zip 50457 (Meservey, IA) is somewhat conservative.
Cerro Gordo County, IA is leaning conservative. In Cerro Gordo County, IA 46.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cerro Gordo county remained moderately Republican, 52.3% to 46.0%.
Cerro Gordo county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50457 (Meservey, IA) is somewhat conservative.
Meservey, Iowa is somewhat conservative.
Cerro Gordo County, Iowa is leaning conservative.
Mason City Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Meservey, 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 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 50457 (Meservey)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $299 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)