Knightsville, Indiana is a small and quaint community located in rural Clay County. While it is a relatively small community in terms of population, it has a vibrant political landscape that helps to shape the area. Every year, local residents come together to choose from a variety of candidates that represent their interests in local and state government. The Knightsville city council works diligently to ensure the needs of all citizens are met, while also striving to keep taxes low and make the town as attractive as possible for those who live and visit. The political scene in Knightsville is an interesting one, with passionate people on both sides of the ideological spectrum making their voices heard. Though at times debates can become heated, the end goal is always to improve the quality of life for all citizens.
The political climate in Knightsville, IN is strongly conservative.
Clay County, IN is very conservative. In Clay County, IN 20.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.3% to 20.8%.
Clay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Knightsville, IN is strongly conservative.
Clay County, Indiana is very conservative.
Terre Haute Metro Area is strongly 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.
Knightsville, 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 Knightsville, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 78 contributions totaling $17,827 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $229 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $19,453 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $335 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)