Melbourne, Iowa, is a small city located in Marshall County. It has a population of about 1,300 and is part of the Marshalltown Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is known for its small-town charm and friendly atmosphere. Politically, Melbourne is currently represented by Republicans in both their local government and state legislature. The current mayor of Melbourne is Larry Walker, who was elected in 2019. The City Council consists of five members who are also Republicans. At the state level, Senator Ken Rozenboom represents District 40 in the Iowa Senate and Representative Pat Grassley represents House District 48 in the Iowa House of Representatives. Both have been re-elected multiple times since their initial election to office. All three representatives are committed to serving the citizens of Melbourne with integrity and ensuring that they're getting the most out of their government representation.
The political climate in Zip 50162 (Melbourne, IA) is somewhat conservative.
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
Zip 50162 (Melbourne, IA) is somewhat conservative.
Melbourne, Iowa is somewhat conservative.
Marshall County, Iowa 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.
Melbourne, 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 zip 50162 (Melbourne)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $480 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)