Coatesville, Indiana is a small rural community located in Parke County. It is home to approximately 1,700 citizens and is known for its peaceful atmosphere and beautiful scenery. Despite its small population size, Coatesville has an active local political scene and is home to many different elected officials. At the county level, the county commissioners are responsible for making decisions about taxes, roads and other programs that affect their constituents. The mayor of Coatesville is elected by popular vote to represent the interests of the city’s residents. The city council members are also voted into office to work with the mayor in order to manage the day-to-day operations of the town. In addition, Coatesville has representatives at both the state and federal levels who help ensure that legislation passes through both houses of government before being signed into law by the President of the United States or Governor of Indiana. By contributing to state and federal politics through their representatives, Coatesville citizens can ensure that their voice is heard on issues impacting them directly or indirectly.
The political climate in Coatesville, IN is strongly conservative.
Hendricks County, IN is strongly conservative. In Hendricks County, IN 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hendricks county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 36.8%.
Hendricks county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Coatesville, IN is strongly conservative.
Hendricks County, Indiana is strongly 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.
Coatesville, 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 Coatesville, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 111 contributions totaling $15,989 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $13,620 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $262 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)