Brazil, Indiana is located in Clay County and is the largest town in the area. The city has a long political history with many of its citizens involved in local government. It has a mayor-council form of government, where the mayor serves as the chief executive and six members of the council serve as legislative members for city decisions. One unique feature of Brazil politics is that voters are also allowed to recall any elected official for mismanagement or malfeasance. Issues important to Brazil residents include public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development, and quality education. The city council works hard to ensure that all citizens have access to services that will benefit their quality of life. All levels of government are committed to helping shape a prosperous future for Brazil and its citizens.
The political climate in Brazil, IN is moderately conservative.
Clay County, IN is very conservative. In Clay County, IN 20.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.3% to 20.8%.
Clay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brazil, IN is moderately conservative.
Clay County, Indiana is very conservative.
Terre Haute Metro Area is strongly 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.
Brazil, 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 Brazil, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 248 contributions totaling $71,920 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $290 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 232 contributions totaling $77,812 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $335 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)