The Madison, IN Metro Area is a vibrant community with plenty of political activity. Local politics are typically dominated by the Democratic and Republican parties, although there are also independent candidates running for office. In recent years, the city has seen some real changes in its political landscape as the area continues to grow. Some of the current local leaders include Mayor Bob Courtney and City Council President Nancy Vaughan. The mayor and city council work together to create a progressive agenda that includes economic development initiatives, public safety improvements, infrastructure investments and more. Additionally, the local government works in conjunction with state legislators to ensure that legislation proposed by both sides of the aisle is carried out efficiently and effectively.
The political climate in Madison Metro Area is very conservative.
In Madison Metro Area 32.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Madison metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.6% to 32.1%.
The Madison metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Madison 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.
Madison, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Madison Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 583 contributions totaling $60,581 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 236 contributions totaling $110,152 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $467 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)