The politics in 51551 Malvern, IA are largely dominated by the Republican Party. The city is part of Mills County, which has voted for the Republican candidate in every presidential election since 2000. In recent local elections, the County Board of Supervisors has been composed entirely of Republicans. On the state level, Republican legislators have represented Malvern and Mills County in both Houses of the Iowa General Assembly. At the national level, Iowa's 4th Congressional District is represented by Republican Congressman Steve King. Overall, it is clear that Republicans hold strong sway over politics in Malvern and Mills County.
The political climate in Zip 51551 (Malvern, IA) is very conservative.
Mills County, IA is very conservative. In Mills County, IA 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mills county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.5% to 30.3%.
Mills county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51551 (Malvern, IA) is very conservative.
Malvern, Iowa is very conservative.
Mills County, Iowa is very conservative.
Omaha-Council Bluffs 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.
Malvern, 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 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 51551 (Malvern)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $355 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $4,965 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $207 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)