The city of Manilla, IA (51454) is a small rural town located in the far western region of Iowa. Despite its low population, the town still has an active political scene. The local government is led by Mayor Mary O’Connor, who was elected in 2019 and has been committed to improving the quality of life for Manilla residents ever since. Other positions are filled by aldermen and city council members that are elected by the citizens every two years. This year's election will include several candidates running for various positions such as mayor, aldermen, and city council members. These candidates range from experienced politicians to newcomers who want to make a difference in their community. Regardless of who is chosen, it is certain that they will all be working hard to ensure that Manilla remains a safe and prosperous place for its citizens to call home.
The political climate in Zip 51454 (Manilla, IA) is very conservative.
Crawford County, IA is very conservative. In Crawford County, IA 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crawford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 31.0%.
Crawford county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51454 (Manilla, IA) is very conservative.
Manilla, Iowa is very conservative.
Crawford County, Iowa is very conservative.
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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.
Manilla, Iowa: r R d 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 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 51454 (Manilla)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,065 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)