Moulton, IA (52572) is a small city in Appanoose County. It is governed by a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor and four council members elected by the citizens of the city on a nonpartisan basis. The current mayor is Bill Whitacre, who was first elected in 2012. The council members include Tom Jones, John Smith, Jim Thomas and Lisa Miller. Together they work to ensure that local laws are followed, that public services run smoothly and that the needs of Moulton's citizens are met. Issues addressed by the city council range from zoning regulations to infrastructure developments. Moulton has been actively involved in state politics as well; its representatives have been vocal advocates for the protection of Iowa's environment and rural communities.
The political climate in Zip 52572 (Moulton, IA) is very conservative.
Appanoose County, IA is very conservative. In Appanoose County, IA 29.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Appanoose county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.2% to 29.0%.
Appanoose county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52572 (Moulton, IA) is very conservative.
Moulton, Iowa is very conservative.
Appanoose County, Iowa is very conservative.
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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.
Moulton, 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 52572 (Moulton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $1,234 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)