Muncie, IN is a city located in the state of Indiana that is home to an estimated 70,000 residents. It is served by the Muncie City Council, which includes nine elected officials who are responsible for making policy decisions on behalf of their constituents. Some of the major issues facing Muncie are economic development, public safety, and infrastructure. In addition to this, Muncie has been dealing with many issues surrounding its local politics including voter fraud and gerrymandering. The city council is committed to fair and open elections and providing opportunities for citizens' voices to be heard. Recently, the city has hired a new mayor who has promised to focus on improving public services and focusing on community initiatives such as job training, housing assistance, and youth programming.
The political climate in Zip 47304 (Muncie, IN) is somewhat conservative.
Delaware County, IN is somewhat conservative. In Delaware County, IN 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, Delaware county remained strongly Republican, 55.5% to 42.4%.
Delaware county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47304 (Muncie, IN) is somewhat conservative.
Muncie, Indiana is somewhat conservative.
Delaware County, Indiana is somewhat conservative.
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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 47304 (Muncie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,484 contributions totaling $103,731 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 842 contributions totaling $290,997 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $346 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)