Westfield, IN is a small city located in Hamilton County with a population of over 37,000 people. With its growing population and thriving businesses, Westfield is an increasingly popular community to live in. As such, politics plays an important role in the city’s development and decision-making process. The Mayor and City Council set the tone for Westfield’s civic affairs and evaluate proposed projects, funding sources, and other initiatives including infrastructure improvements. In addition to the Mayor and City Council, local elections are held on a regular basis for positions like Clerk Treasurer or members of the Board of Public Works and Safety. These public offices oversee many different services prevalent within the city such as finance management, sanitation programs, parking ordinances, public safety initiatives, parks & recreation activities, as well as social service support systems for families. Through their collaborative efforts with other organizations and stakeholders in the area, Westfield is making consistent progress towards a better quality of life for all its citizens.
The political climate in Westfield, IN is somewhat conservative.
Hamilton County, IN is leaning conservative. In Hamilton County, IN 45.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hamilton county remained moderately Republican, 52.2% to 45.4%.
Hamilton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Westfield, IN is somewhat conservative.
Hamilton County, Indiana is leaning 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.
Westfield, 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 Westfield, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,995 contributions totaling $15,983,443 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,454 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6,640 contributions totaling $4,333,723 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $653 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)