Greenwood, Indiana is a vibrant city located in the center of Johnson County. It is home to nearly 55,000 people who are proud to call Greenwood their home. The city has a strong sense of community and takes great pride in its local government, which provides residents with many services and opportunities. As the largest city in Johnson County, Greenwood has an active political climate that affects many aspects of life within the city. Local elections for both state and federal offices attract much attention from citizens eager to have their voices heard and shape the future of their community. Candidates running for office strive to represent all citizens’ interests by focusing on issues that matter most to them such as infrastructure improvements, economic development, public safety, education reform, and environmental protection. The people of Greenwood care deeply about their city and take every effort to ensure they are making informed decisions when voting for local political candidates.
The political climate in Greenwood, IN is moderately conservative.
Johnson County, IN is very conservative. In Johnson County, IN 31.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Johnson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.8% to 31.8%.
Johnson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Greenwood, IN is moderately conservative.
Johnson 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.
Greenwood, 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 Greenwood, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,029 contributions totaling $428,049 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,844 contributions totaling $1,822,061 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $641 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)