Bourbon, IN is an small town located in Marshall County. It is a tight-knit community with many longstanding traditions. When it comes to politics, the residents of Bourbon take part in local and county elections to ensure that their voices are heard. They are passionate about making sure that the issues that impact their lives are represented and addressed. In recent years, several local candidates have been elected to office, including a mayor, two city council members and a county commissioner. These candidates work hard to make sure that Bourbon remains an ideal place for its citizens to live and work. They prioritize taking care of the environment as well as providing access to quality education and healthcare options for those who call Bourbon home.
The political climate in Bourbon, 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
Bourbon, 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.
Bourbon, 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 Bourbon, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $245 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $6,285 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)