Chesterfield, IN is a small town in Madison County with a population of just over 1,400 people. This is a small and tight-knit community that values the importance of politics and being informed about important local issues. The town has two voting precincts to ensure that residents can exercise their right to vote for the political candidates they believe in. Local elections take place every year and are held on the first Tuesday of November. The residents of Chesterfield have elected officials from both major political parties who are responsible for representing them on local issues such as taxes, public safety, education funding, and more. Residents are encouraged to stay informed and participate in the electoral process by attending meetings, voting in elections, and reading up on current topics that affect their area.
The political climate in Chesterfield, IN is somewhat conservative.
Madison County, IN is moderately conservative. In Madison County, IN 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.2% to 37.6%.
Madison county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chesterfield, IN is somewhat conservative.
Madison County, Indiana is moderately conservative.
Muncie Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Chesterfield, Indiana: r R d 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 Chesterfield, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 335 contributions totaling $51,986 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 220 contributions totaling $40,801 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)