Melcher-Dallas, IA
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | D+18.9 |
| 2012 | D+24.0 |
| 2016 | R+10.7 |
| 2020 | R+25.0 |
| 2024 | R+33.7 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,176 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+33.7 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $58,611 |
| County | Marion County |
| State | IA |
Place narrative
Melcher-Dallas sits in Marion County, a consistently Republican-leaning stretch of south-central Iowa where agriculture and small-town demographics have driven double-digit margins in recent statewide cycles.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −33.7% | 212 | 433 | 11 | 656 |
| 2020 | R | −25.0% | 235 | 394 | 7 | 636 |
| 2016 | R | −10.7% | 235 | 297 | 46 | 578 |
| 2012 | D | +24.0% | 384 | 233 | 13 | 630 |
| 2008 | D | +18.9% | 351 | 235 | 26 | 612 |
| 2004† | D | +10.2% | 302 | 246 | 0 | 548 |
Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits.
These Census-place returns are modeled candidate-vote estimates on Census boundaries unless a row explicitly says certified. They are not automatically the official city or town return.
† 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source reported that cycle at county or municipality level (COVID-era consolidated reporting), so block-level detail is interpolated from adjacent cycles and scaled to certified totals.
Demographics
Akashic
| Race & Ethnicity | |
|---|---|
| White | 95.7% |
| Black | 0.0% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4.8% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $58,611 |
| Poverty rate | 13.6% |
| Median age | 34.1 |
| Age 18–29 | 17.7% |
| Age 65 and older | 16.2% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 22.1% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 1.9% |
ACS 5-year survey estimates, subject to a margin of error. Race shares are single-race; Hispanic or Latino is a separate, overlapping ethnicity.
Ancestry, religious adherence, and side-by-side parent comparisons appear on the Marion County county page and the IA state page.