The small town of Crows Nest, IN is an ideal place to live and work. It provides a peaceful atmosphere and plenty of local activities for residents to enjoy. However, like many other cities and towns, politics plays an important role in the community. With a population of approximately 5,000 people, Crows Nest has its own elected political officials who are responsible for making decisions that impact the lives of townspeople. The current mayor is Steven J. Browning, and the town is also served by four local city council members: Bill Johnson, Debra Kline, Mark Haines and Amber Finley-Butterfield. All four of these individuals are committed to working hard for the best interests of their constituents in order to keep Crows Nest a safe, affordable place to live and work.
The political climate in Crows Nest, IN is somewhat liberal.
Marion County, IN is strongly liberal. In Marion County, IN 63.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.3% to 34.3%.
Marion county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crows Nest, IN is somewhat liberal.
Marion County, Indiana is strongly liberal.
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.
Crows Nest, Indiana: r d D D D D
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 Crows Nest, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,802 contributions totaling $264,946 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 282 contributions totaling $566,400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,009 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)