Manilla, IN is a small city tucked away in the rural countryside of Indiana. Despite its size, Manilla has an active political scene with local elections and initiatives that affect the community. In the most recent election, citizens voted for their representatives in City Council and on the School Board. There are currently five elected members of City Council and three elected members of the School Board who serve two-year terms each. The elected officials work together to make decisions that will benefit all citizens in Manilla, such as improving infrastructure, developing new parks and recreational areas, and advocating for public safety. They also take part in local initiatives to ensure that every resident's voice is heard. With strong leadership from these officials, Manilla continues to strive forward with a shared goal of creating a better future for all its residents.
The political climate in Manilla, IN is very conservative.
Rush County, IN is very conservative. In Rush County, IN 22.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rush county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.0% to 22.1%.
Rush county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Manilla, IN is very conservative.
Rush County, Indiana is very conservative.
Indiana is somewhat 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.
Manilla, Indiana: 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Manilla, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 45 contributions totaling $559 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $12 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)