Crawfordsville, Indiana is a small town with a population of around 16,000 people. It has an elected mayor who serves as the chief executive officer of the city and is responsible for managing most local government activities. The town also has seven city council members that are democratically elected by the citizens to represent their interests in the municipal government. The elected officials work hard to ensure that all citizens have access to open and transparent governance. Additionally, they strive to foster economic growth and development, ensure public safety, and provide necessary infrastructure projects that benefit all of Crawfordsville's residents. All local political candidates are expected to have a strong commitment to their community, uphold democratic principles in their decision making, and remain accountable to their constituents.
The political climate in Crawfordsville, IN is moderately conservative.
Montgomery County, IN is very conservative. In Montgomery County, IN 24.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.6% to 24.5%.
Montgomery county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crawfordsville, IN is moderately conservative.
Montgomery County, Indiana is very conservative.
Crawfordsville 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.
Crawfordsville, 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 Crawfordsville, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 831 contributions totaling $68,123 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 161 contributions totaling $24,397 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)