Argos, Indiana is a small town in Marshall County with a population of approximately 2,784. The town has a local government which consists of an elected mayor and six council members who serve four-year terms. The current mayor of Argos is William Long, and the current council members are Steve Cosler, Heather Stouder, Matthew Miller, Leslie Anderson, Jody Stouffer, and Ruthann Wagoner. They all strive to ensure that the citizens of Argos have quality services while keeping taxes low. In addition to their efforts for the town’s welfare they attend community events to stay in touch with residents. This keeps them informed on any issues affecting their constituents and allows them to better serve the community.
The political climate in Argos, IN is strongly conservative.
Marshall County, IN is very conservative. In Marshall County, IN 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marshall county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.4% to 28.6%.
Marshall county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Argos, IN is strongly conservative.
Marshall County, Indiana is very conservative.
Plymouth 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.
Argos, 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 Argos, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 344 contributions totaling $139,488 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $405 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $1,100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)