Marshall County, Iowa is located in the northern Midwest of the United States. Politically, Marshall County has many active citizens who are interested in participating in their local government. The county is represented in the Iowa State Legislature by Senators Liz Mathis and Jeff Edler and Representatives Joe Mitchell and Dean Fisher. At the county level, several offices are held to serve Marshall County residents. The elected county officials include a Board of Supervisors Chairman, Sheriff, Auditor, Treasurer, Recorder, Attorney and Medical Examiner. Additionally, there are two Justices of the Peace for Marshall County and a number of school board members from within the county. All of these individuals work together to ensure that Marshall County has an effective government that works for all its citizens.
The political climate in Marshall County, IA is leaning conservative.
In Marshall County, IA 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, Marshall county remained moderately Republican, 52.8% to 45.1%.
Marshall county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marshall County, IA is leaning conservative.
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.
Marshall, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Marshall County, IA
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)