Manly, IA is a small town located in the Midwest region of the United States. Although Manly is known for its peaceful and rural environment, it has a vibrant local political climate. The city council consists of five elected officials who are dedicated to serving the needs of their constituents. Local elections are held every two years to select council members and other community leaders who will work diligently to advocate for the interests of the citizens. Additionally, Manly also has a Mayor who is elected every four years and serves as the chief executive officer for the city government. All political decisions made by the city council are done so with public input in mind, allowing residents to be involved in their local government processes.
The political climate in Manly, IA is moderately conservative.
Worth County, IA is strongly conservative. In Worth County, IA 36.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Worth county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.0% to 36.1%.
Worth county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Manly, IA is moderately conservative.
Worth County, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Mason City Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Manly, Iowa: D D 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 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 Manly, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $675 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $2,985 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)