Manchester, OH is a small city located in Adams County in southeastern Ohio. The city has a long history of public service and local politics. As of the 2019 census, Manchester had a population of 4,508 people. Political issues important to the citizens of Manchester include infrastructure improvements, economic development, and supporting local businesses. Manchester elects its mayor and four council members through nonpartisan elections. The current mayor is Mark Haney and the current council members are David Purdy, Jeffery Durbin, Robert Taylor and Vicki Porterfield. Local residents take active interest in what their elected officials are doing in order to ensure that their voices are heard and that their needs are addressed.
The political climate in Manchester, OH is moderately conservative.
Adams County, OH is very conservative. In Adams County, OH 17.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Adams county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.3% to 17.8%.
Adams county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Manchester, OH is moderately conservative.
Adams County, Ohio is very conservative.
Ohio 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.
Manchester, Ohio: 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 Manchester, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 140 contributions totaling $2,638 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 86 contributions totaling $9,876 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)