New Castle, Indiana, located in Henry County, is a small town with a population of just over 17,000. Despite its size, the citizens of New Castle take an active role in local politics and strive to have their voices heard. Local representatives from both major political parties work hard to ensure that the needs and concerns of their constituents are heard and addressed. With strong leadership from city government officials and community activists, New Castle has become an example for other small towns looking to increase their civic engagement. Through a variety of events such as town hall meetings and candidate forums, residents can stay informed about local politics and learn how they can become involved in the decision-making process. The number one priority of those running for office in 47362 is to provide effective representation for the citizens who reside there.
The political climate in Zip 47362 (New Castle, IN) is strongly conservative.
Henry County, IN is very conservative. In Henry County, IN 26.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Henry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.4% to 26.3%.
Henry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47362 (New Castle, IN) is strongly conservative.
New Castle, Indiana is strongly conservative.
Henry County, Indiana is very conservative.
New Castle 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.
New Castle, 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 zip 47362 (New Castle)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 493 contributions totaling $110,631 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $224 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 159 contributions totaling $34,180 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $215 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)