Fortville, IN is a small town located in Hancock County. It is known for its historic charm and rich community spirit. The political landscape in Fortville consists of several local offices that are elected by the citizens of the community. These offices include the Mayor, City Council, Clerk Treasurer and Board of Public Works. Each of these elected officials strive to ensure that the needs of their constituents are met and the quality of life for all residents remains high. Furthermore, they work together to ensure that taxation is kept low while providing citizens with necessary services like police protection and infrastructure improvements. Within Fortville there are also numerous civic organizations and special interest groups that advocate for a variety of issues including education reform, economic development, environmental protection and social justice initiatives.
The political climate in Fortville, IN is strongly conservative.
Hancock County, IN is very conservative. In Hancock County, IN 30.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hancock county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.4% to 30.0%.
Hancock county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fortville, IN is strongly conservative.
Hancock County, Indiana is very 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.
Fortville, 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 Fortville, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 827 contributions totaling $152,808 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 419 contributions totaling $191,711 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $458 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)