Berne, Indiana is a small city located in northeastern Indiana. Its population is estimated at 4,300 citizens. Berne has a mayor-council form of government. The city council consists of seven members that are elected to serve four-year terms. The mayor is also elected to a four-year term and leads the council meetings. They are responsible for setting the legislative agenda for the city, which covers everything from planning initiatives and zoning regulations to street maintenance and public services. The council also appoints individuals to various boards and commissions such as the Parks Board, Historic Preservation Commission, Public Safety Board and Planning Commission. In addition, local elections are held on a regular basis for mayor and council positions. This ensures that all of Berne’s citizens have an opportunity to shape their local government and to have their voices heard in deciding who will lead their community into the future.
The political climate in Berne, IN is strongly conservative.
Adams County, IN is very conservative. In Adams County, IN 22.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Adams county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.0% to 22.7%.
Adams county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Berne, IN is strongly conservative.
Adams County, Indiana is very conservative.
Decatur 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.
Berne, 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 Berne, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $2,850 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 160 contributions totaling $80,398 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $502 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)