Jasper, Indiana is a small city located in Dubois County. With a population of 15,000 people, the city is governed by the Mayor and Common Council Members. The mayor serves as the head of government in Jasper and is elected to serve a four-year term. A nine member Common Council is elected to represent each district within the City; they have an additional three at-large members also elected to serve four-year terms. The Council meets twice monthly to pass ordinances and approve policies that affect Jasper's citizens. All political positions in Jasper are nonpartisan; candidates for office can be from any party but must serve without partisan affiliation if elected. Local politics within Jasper focus mainly on improving the quality of life for citizens through initiatives such as economic development, public safety, and infrastructure improvements.
The political climate in Jasper, IN is strongly conservative.
Dubois County, IN is very conservative. In Dubois County, IN 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dubois county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.9% to 28.9%.
Dubois county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jasper, IN is strongly conservative.
Dubois County, Indiana is very conservative.
Jasper 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.
Jasper, 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 Jasper, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,524 contributions totaling $184,828 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,068 contributions totaling $1,975,188 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $955 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)