Grandview, IN is a small town in the Midwest region of the United States. As such, its political system is quite different from larger cities and states. Grandview boasts a mayor-council form of government, meaning that the mayor is the executive official responsible for day-to-day operations and policy implementation, while a nine-member council serves as the legislative body that makes laws and regulations governing the town. The mayor serves two-year terms while council terms are four years long. Local elections are held yearly to fill any vacant seats on either body. Voter participation in these local elections tends to be high, as citizens take an active interest in their community's politics and ensure that their voices are heard at every level of government.
The political climate in Grandview, IN is strongly conservative.
Spencer County, IN is very conservative. In Spencer County, IN 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Spencer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.2% to 29.8%.
Spencer county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grandview, IN is strongly conservative.
Spencer County, Indiana 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.
Grandview, 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 Grandview, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $645 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)