Van Buren, Indiana is a small town located in Grant County. Although the population size of Van Buren is relatively small, it still has an active political presence. A variety of local and state-level candidates are often on the ballot for elections in Van Buren, and residents take part in their civic duty by participating in voting polls each election season. The elected officials in Van Buren work tirelessly to ensure that the needs and concerns of its citizens are heard and properly addressed. There is a great sense of community pride and participation among the residents of Van Buren as they come together to support their local politicians.
The political climate in Van Buren, IN is strongly conservative.
Grant County, IN is very conservative. In Grant County, IN 29.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.1% to 29.4%.
Grant county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Van Buren, IN is strongly conservative.
Grant County, Indiana is very conservative.
Marion 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.
Van Buren, 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 Van Buren, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $675 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)