Cambridge City, IN is a small town located in the Southeastern corner of Indiana. The town has a rich political history that dates back to its founding in the early 1800s. The city is currently governed by a mayor-council system of government, and the current mayor is Ed Needham. Several local candidates are running for office this year, including incumbent mayor Needham as well as several other interested locals. A variety of political issues have been discussed within the area in recent years, including tax rates, public safety initiatives, infrastructure investment, and funding for public schools and parks. Residents of Cambridge City take pride in their community and actively engage with their local politics to ensure that their community remains a great place to live.
The political climate in Cambridge City, IN is moderately conservative.
Wayne County, IN is strongly conservative. In Wayne County, IN 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.5% to 34.4%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cambridge City, IN is moderately conservative.
Wayne County, Indiana is strongly conservative.
Richmond Metro Area is strongly 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.
Cambridge City, 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 Cambridge City, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 92 contributions totaling $5,914 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $2,421 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)