Aberdeen, Indiana is a small city located in southwestern Indiana with a population of around 3,000 people. It is part of the Evansville metropolitan area and has a mayor-council form of government, which consists of five council members who are elected to serve four-year terms. The city has an active local political scene, with various candidates and organizations vying for influence in the community. For example, the Aberdeen Republican Party organizes events to inform citizens about candidates and offers support for their campaigns. Additionally, there are multiple non-partisan organizations that engage residents in important civic issues and provide educational resources related to politics. With such a wide range of politics at play in Aberdeen, it’s easy to see why local elections draw plenty of attention from citizens interested in making their voices heard.
The political climate in Aberdeen, IN is somewhat conservative.
Porter County, IN is leaning conservative. In Porter County, IN 45.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Porter county remained moderately Republican, 51.9% to 45.8%.
Porter county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Aberdeen, IN is somewhat conservative.
Porter County, Indiana is leaning conservative.
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metro Area is very 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.
Aberdeen, Indiana: r r d d 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 Aberdeen, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,006 contributions totaling $372,014 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 992 contributions totaling $208,754 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)