Nashville, IN is a small town located in Brown County and is known for its historical downtown. It has a strong sense of community, with residents and business owners working together to make it a great place to live. Politically, Nashville is largely conservative, with the Republican Party dominating local politics. The current mayor is Republican-leaning Gary Kirsch, who was first elected in 2016. The city council also consists primarily of Republicans and works closely with Mayor Kirsch to maintain the town’s strong sense of community and commitment to progress. Local political candidates are often competitive and diverse, allowing all voices to be heard during elections. All levels of government in Nashville work together to ensure that the town remains safe and prosperous for its citizens.
The political climate in Nashville, IN is strongly conservative.
Brown County, IN is strongly conservative. In Brown County, IN 33.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brown county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 33.8%.
Brown county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Nashville, IN is strongly conservative.
Brown County, Indiana is strongly 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.
Nashville, 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 Nashville, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 706 contributions totaling $78,487 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 157 contributions totaling $72,809 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $464 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)