Markleville, IN is a small town with a close-knit community. Despite its size, it has an active political landscape with various local initiatives and candidates vying for office. Local campaigns focus on issues such as economic development, education reform, public safety and infrastructure improvements. In recent years, the town has seen increased involvement from local citizens in these political discussions, leading to positive changes throughout the area. Residents of Markleville appreciate having a voice in shaping their community and are passionate about electing officials who will serve their best interests.
The political climate in Markleville, IN is strongly conservative.
Madison County, IN is moderately conservative. In Madison County, IN 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.2% to 37.6%.
Madison county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Markleville, IN is strongly conservative.
Madison 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.
Markleville, 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 Markleville, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 60 contributions totaling $2,193 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,606 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)