Plymouth, Indiana is a small city in Northern Indiana, with a population of approximately 10,500 people. The city is governed by a mayor-council system, which includes an elected mayor and six council members. They are responsible for handling the affairs of the city and creating laws to benefit the citizens of Plymouth. The council meets regularly to discuss city issues and determine how to best use the budget in order to provide quality services to its citizens. Local politics also involve elections, where residents can vote for candidates running for local office. These candidates have been campaigning throughout the community to gain support from voters in order to be elected into office. In addition to local politics, Plymouth has representatives in state and national government who work on behalf of all citizens within the city limits.
The political climate in Plymouth, IN is moderately conservative.
Marshall County, IN is very conservative. In Marshall County, IN 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marshall county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.4% to 28.6%.
Marshall county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Plymouth, IN is moderately conservative.
Marshall County, Indiana is very conservative.
Plymouth Metro Area is very 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.
Plymouth, 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 Plymouth, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,580 contributions totaling $28,856 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 322 contributions totaling $73,984 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $230 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)