Waldron, Indiana is a small rural town located in Shelby County. It has an active local council and mayor who work together to ensure the town's needs are met. The council is composed of five members elected by the residents every four years and the mayor is chosen from among them. Waldron takes pride in its community spirit and works hard to ensure that all of its citizens are represented fairly and equitably in their decisions. Residents of Waldron have come together many times over the years to support causes such as improving education, maintaining infrastructure, promoting economic development, and protecting public safety. Additionally, citizens actively participate in political discussions both inside their own town hall meetings and statewide initiatives such as ballot initiatives and election campaigns. With close ties to Indianapolis, people of Waldron are always engaged when it comes to state politics as well.
The political climate in Waldron, IN is very conservative.
Shelby County, IN is very conservative. In Shelby County, IN 25.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shelby county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.9% to 25.1%.
Shelby county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Waldron, IN is very conservative.
Shelby County, Indiana is very 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.
Waldron, 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 Waldron, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $850 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)