Edgewood, IN is a small town located in the Midwest region of the United States. Despite its size, it has a vibrant political culture. The major political parties represented in Edgewood are the Republicans and Democrats, with many citizens taking part in local elections to elect representatives that will represent them at the state and federal levels. In Edgewood, many people take pride in participating in local politics and making sure their voices are heard on important topics such as reducing taxes, increasing funding for public education, promoting economic development, and protecting the environment. With so much activity at play within the town's borders, Edgewood is an example of how political engagement can be achieved even in small towns.
The political climate in Edgewood, IN is moderately conservative.
Madison County, IN is moderately conservative. In Madison County, IN 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.2% to 37.6%.
Madison county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Edgewood, IN is moderately conservative.
Madison County, Indiana is moderately 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.
Edgewood, Indiana: r R d 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 Edgewood, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 170 contributions totaling $20,057 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 271 contributions totaling $181,569 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $670 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)