Summitville, IN is a small town located in the heart of Indiana. The city is managed by a mayor and six-member city council, who are all elected to two-year terms. The local government plays an active role in the community, ensuring that smaller towns like Summitville maintain their rural charm while also keeping up with modern needs. With its progressive attitude towards growth and development, Summitville has become a thriving small town with plenty of opportunities for businesses and families alike. Residents value the city's commitment to keeping a close relationship between its citizens and their municipal government. The local political scene is relatively moderate, allowing for constructive dialogue amongst different sides of an issue while still striving to move the town forward with progress and solutions that everyone can agree on.
The political climate in Summitville, IN is moderately conservative.
Madison County, IN is moderately conservative. In Madison County, IN 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.2% to 37.6%.
Madison county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Summitville, IN is moderately conservative.
Madison County, Indiana is moderately conservative.
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Summitville, Indiana: r R d 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 Summitville, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $3,041 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $253 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)