Economy, IN is a small town located in Wayne County of Indiana with a population of about 500 people. The local government consists of a five-member Town Council which works closely with the appointed Town Clerk to ensure efficient and effective governance. Elections for the council are held every four years, and the most recent election was held on November 6th 2018. The current town council consists of President Robert Rader, Vice President Kenneth Hatfield, Secretary/Treasurer Shannon Tapsall, and members Craig Ashley and Richard Gasser Jr.
Town Council meetings are held on the first Thursday evening of each month to discuss matters related to budgeting, ordinances, employee wages and more. During these meetings, residents are welcome to voice their concerns or opinions on any issue that is up for discussion.
Overall, Economy is a small town but has active politics that help shape the direction of its future. The Town Council takes their positions very seriously as they implement plans and policies that will benefit the community in both short-term and long-term ways.
The political climate in Economy, IN is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, IN is strongly conservative. In Wayne County, IN 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.5% to 34.4%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Economy, IN is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, Indiana is strongly conservative.
Richmond 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.
Economy, 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 Economy, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $2,314 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)