A mid-size industrial city where blue-collar realignment reshaped recent margins
Once a Democratic stronghold anchored by auto-parts manufacturing, the Muncie metro shifted sharply rightward across the 2010s as union employment declined and college-educated voters remained a minority of the electorate.
| Group | Muncie, IN | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 87.7% | 57.4% |
▶Black / African American(11) | 6.0% | 12.2% |
Multiracial / Other | 2.9% | 4.0% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(11) | 2.0% | 19.3% |
▶Asian(6) | 1.2% | 6.0% |
Native American / Alaska Native | 0.2% | 0.9% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(6) | 0.2% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -40.1pp (vs national 4.5pp). A strongly Evangelical-leaning religious profile, which nationally correlates with Republican-leaning rural and exurban communities.
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.5% | 50.1% | — | — | |
| 6.0% | 19.4% | — | — | |
| 4.5% | 14.4% | — | — | |
| 2.8% | 9.0% | — | — | |
| 2.2% | 7.1% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 1.2% | 4.0% | — | — |
Non-religiousPopulation | 69.0% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Muncie, IN metro area? 463,060 residents across 4 counties.
23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 10pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+9 on average nationally.
Scale, voting-age share, and this geography's footprint inside the national electorate.
Income, attainment, and ownership indicators that often shape coalition structure and turnout behavior.
Age structure, language use, and nativity signals that explain how this geography differs from state and nation.
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate vs Governor | R+16.5 | R+4.2 | 12.3pp |
| President vs Governor | R+15.8 | R+4.2 | 11.6pp |
| President vs Senate | R+15.8 | R+16.5 | 0.8pp |