Ossian, Indiana is a small town located in Allen County. It is a rural community with a population of around 1,700 people. While the town is small in size, it is big on political engagement. Residents of Ossian are politically active and often get involved in local elections. Local politicians come from a variety of backgrounds and have different opinions on how to best serve their constituents. Issues such as education reform, infrastructure investment, and economic development are commonly debated by candidates during election cycles. The residents of Ossian take their civic duty seriously and work hard to ensure that they elect leaders who represent their values and will make decisions for the betterment of the town.
The political climate in Ossian, IN is strongly conservative.
Wells County, IN is very conservative. In Wells County, IN 20.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wells county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.1% to 20.8%.
Wells county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ossian, IN is strongly conservative.
Wells County, Indiana is very conservative.
Fort Wayne 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.
Ossian, 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 Ossian, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $1,841 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 76 contributions totaling $14,754 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)