New Salisbury, IN is a small town with a population of several thousand people. It is governed by a mayor and five city council members who are elected by the citizens every two years. The mayor has the power to make decisions on behalf of the town while the city council is in charge of making laws that ensure that New Salisbury runs smoothly. Citizens are encouraged to get involved in local politics by attending meetings, volunteering for campaigns, and even running for office themselves! There have been many positive changes in New Salisbury over the years due to its active political engagement and progressive leadership. The most recent mayoral election had a particularly high voter turnout rate which demonstrates the importance that citizens place on their political involvement in this community.
The political climate in New Salisbury, IN is strongly conservative.
Harrison County, IN is very conservative. In Harrison County, IN 26.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harrison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.0% to 26.4%.
Harrison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Salisbury, IN is strongly conservative.
Harrison County, Indiana is very 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 Salisbury, 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 Salisbury, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 70 contributions totaling $1,499 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)