The politics in Gas City, IN are largely dominated by the Republican Party. With a strong conservative base and a history of being a solidly red state, Republicans have long controlled the political landscape in Gas City. Many local politicians at the city and state level have traditionally been members of the GOP, and many candidates for office identify as Republicans. In recent years, however, there have been more independent and third-party candidates running for office locally, which has added an interesting dynamic to Gas City’s political environment. Though Republicans still hold the majority in terms of elected positions on both city and state levels, these independent voices contribute to ongoing debates about policy issues that ultimately affect how Gas City is governed.
The political climate in Gas City, IN is moderately conservative.
Grant County, IN is very conservative. In Grant County, IN 29.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.1% to 29.4%.
Grant county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gas City, IN is moderately conservative.
Grant County, Indiana is very conservative.
Marion Metro Area is very 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.
Gas City, 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 Gas City, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 622 contributions totaling $29,726 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 422 contributions totaling $114,948 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $272 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)