Dillsboro, IN is a small town located in southeastern Indiana. It has a population of about 1500 people and is known for its charming downtown area with its historic buildings and small-town charm. Politically, the town is part of the Dearborn County government and is represented by different county offices such as Auditor, Recorder, and Treasurer. The current county commissioners are David Diener, Steve Donahue, and Rick Langford who were elected to office in 2020. In addition to the county offices, Dillsboro also has representation in the state legislature with Senator Mike Braun and Representative Cris Ervin both representing the district that includes Dearborn County. There are also various local political organizations that work towards creating healthy communities and advocating for issues important to Dillsboro residents such as economic development, education reform, infrastructure improvements, and public safety initiatives. With an active local government, Dillsboro is always striving to make sure their citizens have access to all of their rights as well as a safe environment in which to live.
The political climate in Dillsboro, IN is strongly conservative.
Dearborn County, IN is very conservative. In Dearborn County, IN 21.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dearborn county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.9% to 21.5%.
Dearborn county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dillsboro, IN is strongly conservative.
Dearborn County, Indiana is very conservative.
Cincinnati 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.
Dillsboro, 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 Dillsboro, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $2,975 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)