Politics in Brownsburg, IN play an important role in the community as they help decide and shape the decisions made in the town. The local government is responsible for determining the taxes that residents pay, as well as zoning laws that affect development and other important decisions. The town also elects a mayor and council members to serve on the local board of trustees to represent their interests. They are responsible for setting budgets and proposing legislation within the town limits. Local elections are held every two years, during which citizens of Brownsburg can vote for their preferred candidates. During these elections, issues such as infrastructure improvements, economic growth initiatives, and educational opportunities are discussed among candidates. Through voting and engaging with political candidates, Brownsburg residents have an active say in how their town is run.
The political climate in Brownsburg, IN is moderately conservative.
Hendricks County, IN is strongly conservative. In Hendricks County, IN 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hendricks county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 36.8%.
Hendricks county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brownsburg, IN is moderately conservative.
Hendricks County, Indiana is strongly conservative.
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Brownsburg, 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 Brownsburg, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,622 contributions totaling $406,165 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,963 contributions totaling $510,168 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $260 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)