Charlestown, IN is a small city in the southern part of Indiana. It has a long history of political involvement and leadership, from local government to state level offices. The town's mayor and city council are elected by the citizens every four years, with the most recent election taking place in 2020. At the state level, Charlestown is represented in both the Indiana House of Representatives and Senate. Additionally, residents can vote in national elections for US Congress members and the President. In addition to voting for candidates to fill these roles, Charlestown citizens also come together to support local organizations and initiatives that serve their community through fundraising events, volunteer projects, and petitions. Overall, politics play an important role in Charlestown’s culture and daily life as citizens work together to improve their town’s future.
The political climate in Charlestown, IN is moderately conservative.
Clark County, IN is moderately conservative. In Clark County, IN 39.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clark county remained very strongly Republican, 58.0% to 39.8%.
Clark county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Charlestown, IN is moderately conservative.
Clark County, Indiana is moderately conservative.
Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Area is leaning 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.
Charlestown, 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 Charlestown, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,594 contributions totaling $122,179 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 644 contributions totaling $538,709 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $837 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)