Arcadia, IN is a small town located in the Midwest region of the United States. Despite its size, Arcadia has a vibrant political scene with several parties represented in its elections. The Democratic Party and Republican Party are the two major parties that contest for local office in Arcadia. Both candidates for mayor and all city council members must be affiliated with either one party or the other. In addition to the two major parties, there are also smaller independent groups that sometimes participate in local elections. These local elections are often highly contested and widely attended by residents of Arcadia who want to have their voice heard on important issues facing their community. With so many different voices being heard in Arcadia’s political scene, it’s clear that local politics is an important part of life in this small town.
The political climate in Arcadia, IN is somewhat conservative.
Hamilton County, IN is leaning conservative. In Hamilton County, IN 45.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hamilton county remained moderately Republican, 52.2% to 45.4%.
Hamilton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Arcadia, IN is somewhat conservative.
Hamilton County, Indiana is leaning 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.
Arcadia, 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 Arcadia, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 42 contributions totaling $6,165 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $2,140 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)