Cloverdale, Indiana is a small town located in Putnam County, with a population of approximately 2,300 people. It is governed by a mayor and a six-member town council who are elected to four-year terms. The current mayor is John Hughes and the council members are Eric Lydick, Paul Everhart, Matthew Hardwick, Kreg Mifflin, Robert Jones and Thomas Camp. The town's main political issues include supporting local businesses and maintaining public safety for the residents of Cloverdale. This is achieved through ongoing efforts such as investing in infrastructure improvements and providing educational opportunities for citizens. Additionally, the town has worked hard to promote civic involvement from its citizens by encouraging them to participate in local elections and other activities. As such, residents of Cloverdale have an active role in shaping their community's future.
The political climate in Cloverdale, IN is strongly conservative.
Putnam County, IN is very conservative. In Putnam County, IN 23.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Putnam county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.0% to 23.8%.
Putnam county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cloverdale, IN is strongly conservative.
Putnam County, Indiana is very 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.
Cloverdale, 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 Cloverdale, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 60 contributions totaling $15,654 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $261 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 108 contributions totaling $45,800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $424 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)