Galena, IN is a small town located in Dearborn County, Indiana. Politically, the town of Galena is largely comprised of registered Republicans. In the 2020 Presidential election, President Trump received 68% of the votes from the local population, while Joe Biden took home 30%. On the local level, the Republican party has held office for numerous decades with their candidates winning most municipal elections. Currently serving as Mayor of Galena is Bill Kramer who was re-elected to his third term in 2019. The state representatives for Galena are Republican Cindy Ziemke and Republican Randy Frye. Both have served several consecutive terms in office and continue to advocate for conservative values.
The political climate in Galena, IN is moderately conservative.
Floyd County, IN is somewhat conservative. In Floyd County, IN 41.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Floyd county remained strongly Republican, 55.8% to 41.8%.
Floyd county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Galena, IN is moderately conservative.
Floyd County, Indiana is somewhat conservative.
Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Area is leaning 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.
Galena, 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 Galena, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 458 contributions totaling $137,876 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $301 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 337 contributions totaling $181,650 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $539 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)