Johnson County, Indiana is a small county located in the southern part of the state. The county has long been known for its politics with many passionate and involved citizens. The two major political parties are Republican and Democrat, with the majority of voters holding Republican views. Local elections generally draw more attention than national or state-level contests due to their intimate scale, allowing for greater involvement from constituents. Candidates come from both established and up-and-coming families as well as members of the community that have never held office before. Issues such as education, healthcare, job growth, and environmental protection are important topics for these candidates to discuss during their campaigns. With a diverse population of almost 200,000 people across Johnson County, it’s no surprise that political debates often become heated here.
The political climate in Johnson County, IN is very conservative.
In Johnson County, IN 31.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Johnson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.8% to 31.8%.
Johnson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Johnson County, IN is very 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.
Johnson, 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 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 Johnson County, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,389 contributions totaling $239,335 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,712 contributions totaling $931,243 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $544 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)