Danville, Indiana is a small town located in Hendricks County. As the county seat, Danville has a history of political involvement, from its founding to present day. From the local government level up to the state and federal levels, Danville’s citizens are engaged in the political process. At the local government level, there are four elected officials: mayor, clerk-treasurer, and two council members. The mayor is responsible for running all day-to-day operations of Danville’s city government. The clerk-treasurer holds responsibility for managing the town’s finances and keeping an accurate record of all transactions. The two council members aid in setting policy and budgeting for their constituents. Local elections take place every four years with candidates vying for these positions from within the community. In addition to local officials, Danville also has representatives from both state and federal governments that serve residents in this area. These representatives work to ensure that local issues are addressed at higher levels of government and discuss matters with their fellow representatives to promote legislation beneficial to their constituents. Residents can get involved by attending meetings or voting in any election taking place in Danville or Hendricks County during their term of office.
The political climate in Danville, IN is moderately 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
Danville, IN is moderately 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.
Danville, 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 Danville, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 825 contributions totaling $104,803 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 506 contributions totaling $83,725 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)