Clarksville, IN is a thriving and bustling town located in the state of Indiana. It has a long history of political involvement and activity, with multiple local political races each election season. The major political parties represented in the area are Republicans and Democrats. Local candidates for various offices have included former mayor David Whittington, former state senator Jim Arnold, current county commissioner Bill Schuerman, current school board president Misty Hollis, and many more. Each candidate brings their own unique perspective to the public policy process, and all have served the people of Clarksville well over the years. With strong voter turnout from both Republicans and Democrats alike, Clarksville remains an important hub of political activity in Indiana.
The political climate in Clarksville, IN is leaning conservative.
Clark County, IN is moderately conservative. In Clark County, IN 39.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clark county remained very strongly Republican, 58.0% to 39.8%.
Clark county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clarksville, IN is leaning conservative.
Clark County, Indiana is moderately conservative.
Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Area is leaning 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.
Clarksville, 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 Clarksville, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,310 contributions totaling $157,427 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,306 contributions totaling $864,234 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $662 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)