Newtown, IN is a small rural town located in central Indiana. It is governed by the Town of Newtown Board of Commissioners, an elected body of five members who serve four-year terms. The Board's main responsibility is to oversee the town's budget and policy decisions. In addition, they are responsible for appointing the Town Manager, who is responsible for carrying out the Board's directives and managing daily operations.
The citizens of Newtown have a great deal of say in their local politics through various initiatives and referenda put forth by both the town government and its residents. These often involve issues such as taxes, infrastructure improvements, public safety, and other issues related to the quality of life in Newtown. The Board also holds regular public meetings which allow residents to voice their opinions on matters important to them directly to their elected officials. This involvement helps ensure that the voices of all residents are heard when it comes to making decisions about how best to serve the community.
The political climate in Newtown, IN is very conservative.
Fountain County, IN is very conservative. In Fountain County, IN 20.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fountain county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.0% to 20.4%.
Fountain county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Newtown, IN is very conservative.
Fountain 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.
Newtown, 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 Newtown, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 334 contributions totaling $20,069 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $12,333 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)