Attica, Indiana is a small town located in Fountain County. The politics in Attica is mostly conservative and the local government is made up of a mayor and city council. The current mayor of Attica is Stephen Hicks and the city council consists of seven members. The council meets every month to discuss and vote on matters such as infrastructure, public safety, zoning regulations, budgets, taxes, and other items related to local governance. In addition to the city council, there are several committees within the town that oversee specific issues like parks and recreation or health care. These committees often collaborate with the city government to ensure that Attica's residents have access to all the services they need for everyday life.
The political climate in Attica, IN is strongly conservative.
Fountain County, IN is very conservative. In Fountain County, IN 20.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fountain county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.0% to 20.4%.
Fountain county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Attica, IN is strongly conservative.
Fountain County, Indiana 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.
Attica, 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 Attica, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 243 contributions totaling $17,684 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $10,793 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)