New Albany, IN is a city located in Floyd County with an estimated population of 37,769. The city’s politics are guided by its government officials, who are elected at the local level through nonpartisan elections. The mayor of New Albany is Jeff Gahan, and he is supported by four members of the City Council; Steve Wood, Ray Turner, James Hall and Paul Whitesell. All local political decisions are made by these five individuals who strive to serve the best interests of New Albany’s citizens. They meet regularly for council meetings to review proposed legislation and discuss public concerns while representing the values and beliefs of their constituents. Additionally, city residents can participate in political discourse through attendance at town halls, forums held by local politicians or voting on referenda. Ultimately, the politics of New Albany aim to create a better quality of life for all those that call it home.
The political climate in New Albany, IN is leaning conservative.
Floyd County, IN is somewhat conservative. In Floyd County, IN 41.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Floyd county remained strongly Republican, 55.8% to 41.8%.
Floyd county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Albany, IN is leaning conservative.
Floyd County, Indiana is somewhat conservative.
Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Area is leaning 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.
New Albany, 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 New Albany, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,874 contributions totaling $282,116 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 646 contributions totaling $373,032 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $577 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)