Spurgeon, IN is a small town located in the heart of Indiana. It is home to a close-knit community with plenty of local pride and activities to keep its residents engaged. The politics of Spurgeon are made up of a mayor, four council members, and two representatives from each district. All decisions for the town are decided upon by these individuals, who strive to make the best decisions for the people and shape the future of Spurgeon in a positive way. Each candidate for office puts forth an agenda that they believe would benefit the citizens of Spurgeon and move it forward in a beneficial direction. Residents can get involved by attending town hall meetings, keeping up with current events, and expressing their opinions on important issues facing their community.
The political climate in Spurgeon, IN is very conservative.
Pike County, IN is very conservative. In Pike County, IN 22.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pike county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.4% to 22.7%.
Pike county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spurgeon, IN is very conservative.
Pike 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.
Spurgeon, 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 Spurgeon, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $520 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $5,666 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)