Centerville, Indiana is a small town located in the heart of the Midwest. It has a rich history as a farming community and is currently home to around 4,500 people. Despite its small size, Centerville has an active political scene that impacts both the town and the surrounding area. Over the past few years, local elections have become increasingly important in deciding who will represent the town on issues ranging from budgeting to infrastructure projects. The most recent election featured several candidates competing for seats on city council and other municipal offices. These candidates included both long-time residents and newcomers who sought to bring new ideas to Centervile's political landscape. Although there were some heated debates during the race, all of the candidates ultimately ran strong campaigns focused on making Centervile a better place for all its citizens.
The political climate in Centerville, IN is moderately conservative.
Wayne County, IN is strongly conservative. In Wayne County, IN 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.5% to 34.4%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Centerville, IN is moderately conservative.
Wayne County, Indiana is strongly conservative.
Richmond Metro Area is strongly 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.
Centerville, 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 Centerville, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33 contributions totaling $1,285 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 70 contributions totaling $9,487 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)