Georgetown, IN is a small community located in Floyd County. It has a long and proud history of local politics, with citizens taking great interest in the issues that affect their lives. The town's government is made up of a mayor and town council who work together to make decisions that benefit the community. Citizens are encouraged to attend city council meetings to voice their opinions and proposals for improving Georgetown's quality of life. Additionally, residents often vote on various issues such as taxes, spending measures, zoning changes, and public safety initiatives. Candidates for local office must be nominated by the citizens of Georgetown before running for political office. In addition to local politics, citizens also take an active role in advocating for state-level policies that further benefit their community.
The political climate in Georgetown, IN is moderately conservative.
Floyd County, IN is somewhat conservative. In Floyd County, IN 41.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Floyd county remained strongly Republican, 55.8% to 41.8%.
Floyd county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Georgetown, IN is moderately conservative.
Floyd County, Indiana is somewhat 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.
Georgetown, 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 Georgetown, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 285 contributions totaling $11,255 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 91 contributions totaling $19,847 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $218 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)