The politics of the Muncie, IN Metro Area are largely influenced by the local government. The city is governed by an elected mayor and a nine-member city council who enact local ordinances that affect residents. Additionally, the area is part of Indiana's Sixth Congressional District and is represented at the state level by a senator and two representatives. At the federal level, two U.S. senators from Indiana serve on behalf of Muncie area residents in Washington D.C., providing them with a voice in national decisions that can have an influence locally. Issues such as taxes, education, infrastructure, and economic development are all discussed at various levels of government throughout the region.
The political climate in Muncie Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
In Muncie Metro Area 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Muncie metro area remained strongly Republican, 55.5% to 42.4%.
The Muncie metro area voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Muncie Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Muncie, Indiana: r R 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 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Muncie Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,410 contributions totaling $216,393 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,171 contributions totaling $400,855 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $342 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)