Montpelier, Indiana is a small town located in Blackford County. It is known for its quiet atmosphere and quaint downtown area. While the town itself has no local political candidates, it does play an active role in state politics. The town is part of the 5th District of Indiana, which sends one representative to the House of Representatives in Washington D.C. Montpelier also sends two representatives to the Indiana State Senate and five representatives to the Indiana State House of Representatives. The people of Montpelier take pride in their state politics and are always looking for ways to make their voices heard at the state level.
The political climate in Montpelier, IN is strongly conservative.
Blackford County, IN is very conservative. In Blackford County, IN 25.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Blackford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.7% to 25.7%.
Blackford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Montpelier, IN is strongly conservative.
Blackford County, Indiana 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.
Montpelier, 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 Montpelier, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $685 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $34,226 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,445 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)