Gosport, Indiana is a small town of just over 600 people located in south central Indiana. The local politics in Gosport are centered around the town council, which consists of seven members elected to two-year terms. The town council is responsible for setting the annual budget and deciding on various laws and ordinances that will affect everyday life in the town. The current mayor is Jason Turner who has been serving since 2013. He is supported by the Gosport Town Council who work together to ensure that all members are doing their best to maintain order and promote growth within the community. As such, there are no local political candidates running for office at this time as all positions have already been filled and everyone is working together to keep Gosport a great place to live.
The political climate in Gosport, IN is strongly conservative.
Owen County, IN is very conservative. In Owen County, IN 24.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Owen county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.5% to 24.4%.
Owen county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gosport, IN is strongly conservative.
Owen County, Indiana is very conservative.
Bloomington Metro Area is moderately 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.
Gosport, 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 Gosport, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 95 contributions totaling $15,805 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $17,273 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $640 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)