Salem, IN is a small town in Southern Indiana with a population of approximately 8,000 people. The government of Salem is overseen by the Mayor and six Common Council Members who are elected every four years. The Mayor and Council are responsible for setting policies that will guide the development of Salem into a thriving community. In recent elections, the candidates have focused on issues such as infrastructure improvements, revitalizing the town's downtown area, and providing quality public services to residents. Local candidates have campaigned on their commitment to improve Salem and to ensure that it remains a safe and prosperous community. With an active local government in place, Salem has been able to make steady progress in its goals of becoming more vibrant and prosperous.
The political climate in Salem, IN is strongly conservative.
Washington County, IN is very conservative. In Washington County, IN 22.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.1% to 22.9%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Salem, IN is strongly conservative.
Washington County, Indiana is very 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.
Salem, 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 Salem, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 316 contributions totaling $10,554 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 159 contributions totaling $31,918 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)