Lebanon, IN is a small city with a population of about 15,500 people located in the state of Indiana. The city government consists of an elected Mayor and six Council members that serve as the legislative body for the community. Lebanon is part of the Boone County government and is influenced by state and county politics. Recently, Lebanon has become more involved in local elections with several candidates running for office in 2020 including incumbent Mayor Matt Gentry who is running for a fourth term against challengers Armando Gonzales and Kelly Koehler. As voters prepare to make their decision on election day, it is important they are informed about each candidate’s policies and plans for the future of Lebanon.
The political climate in Lebanon, IN is somewhat conservative.
Boone County, IN is moderately conservative. In Boone County, IN 39.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Boone county remained very strongly Republican, 57.8% to 39.4%.
Boone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lebanon, IN is somewhat conservative.
Boone County, Indiana is moderately conservative.
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson Metro Area is leaning 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.
Lebanon, 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 Lebanon, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 575 contributions totaling $89,220 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 586 contributions totaling $132,480 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)