Lyons, Indiana is a charming small town located in White County. Despite its small size, politics have an important role to play in the governance of the area. The citizens of Lyons are represented by State Senator Blake Doriot and State Representative Tony McCracken in the Indiana General Assembly, both Republicans. At a local level, the mayor of Lyons is Ronald Smith Jr and the town council members include Christopher Thompson, Amber Smith and Michaela Kline. This governing team works together to ensure that all residents of Lyons have access to essential services such as police protection, fire safety, sanitation and other municipal activities. With a strong focus on community engagement and responsive leadership, Lyons is committed to maintaining a vibrant civic culture and providing a safe environment for its citizens.
The political climate in Lyons, IN is strongly conservative.
Greene County, IN is very conservative. In Greene County, IN 22.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greene county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.1% to 22.9%.
Greene county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lyons, IN is strongly conservative.
Greene 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.
Lyons, 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 Lyons, 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 7 contributions totaling $1,395 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)