Brooklyn, Indiana is a small town located in Morgan County. It is governed by the town council, which consists of five members elected for four-year terms. Every year, the elections in Brooklyn are hotly contested and feature several candidates looking to represent their constituents. The local community is incredibly engaged with politics, often having passionate debates about the candidates and issues that matter most to them. This involvement has been particularly beneficial as it has allowed elected officials to make decisions that best reflect the needs and concerns of the citizens of Brooklyn.
The political climate in Brooklyn, IN is strongly conservative.
Morgan County, IN is very conservative. In Morgan County, IN 21.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morgan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.0% to 21.5%.
Morgan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brooklyn, IN is strongly conservative.
Morgan County, Indiana is very conservative.
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Brooklyn, 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 Brooklyn, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 311 contributions totaling $25,370 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 335 contributions totaling $77,502 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)