Politics in Milford, IA (51351) are fairly quiet. The city is governed by a mayor and five council members who are elected every two years. The current mayor is Justin Buresh, with the other four council members being Jeff Kohl, Larry Hicks, Mike Blomquist and Donna Lerdal. They work together to ensure that the city runs smoothly and efficiently. There are several local organizations that help keep the town running as well, including the Chamber of Commerce and Main Street Milford. As far as national politics go, this area leans Republican with most people being supportive of conservative policies. All elections in Milford tend to have a high voter turnout due to the strong sense of community here, though people of all political persuasions are welcome and respected within it's borders.
The political climate in Zip 51351 (Milford, IA) is strongly conservative.
Dickinson County, IA is very conservative. In Dickinson County, IA 32.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dickinson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 32.6%.
Dickinson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51351 (Milford, IA) is strongly conservative.
Milford, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Dickinson County, Iowa is very conservative.
Spirit Lake Metro Area is very 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.
Milford, 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 51351 (Milford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 107 contributions totaling $7,754 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 163 contributions totaling $120,305 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $738 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)