New Harmony, Indiana is a small town of about 780 people located in Posey County. Despite its small size, the town has a thriving political climate. Residents come together to discuss local and national issues at meetings of the Town Council and various community groups. The council meets regularly to address important topics that affect the town, such as zoning ordinances, infrastructure projects, and budgeting decisions. At the state level, New Harmony’s residents are represented by their state senator and representatives in the Indiana State Legislature. As part of Posey County, New Harmony is also represented by state representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. Every few years residents have the chance to elect local candidates for office who share their beliefs and values in order to make sure their voices are heard in government decisions.
The political climate in New Harmony, IN is strongly conservative.
Posey County, IN is very conservative. In Posey County, IN 28.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Posey county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.6% to 28.8%.
Posey county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Harmony, IN is strongly conservative.
Posey County, Indiana is very conservative.
Evansville Metro Area is moderately 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.
New Harmony, 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 New Harmony, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 46 contributions totaling $1,304 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $4,065 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)