Ashley, IN is a small town located in the Midwest region of the United States. It has an estimated population of just over 1,000 people and is known for its strong sense of community. In recent years, Ashley's politics have revolved around local issues such as improving public transportation, education reform, and revitalizing the downtown area. Local elections typically feature candidates from both major political parties who focus on which candidate can best address these needs. These issues are especially important to residents given that the local economy is largely dependent upon small businesses and agricultural production. As such, voters often place more emphasis on these matters than national issues when they head to the polls every election cycle.
The political climate in Ashley, IN is strongly conservative.
DeKalb County, IN is very conservative. In DeKalb County, IN 25.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DeKalb county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.4% to 25.3%.
DeKalb county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ashley, IN is strongly conservative.
DeKalb County, Indiana is very conservative.
Auburn Metro Area is very 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.
Ashley, Indiana: 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 Ashley, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 32 contributions totaling $556 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $5,570 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)