Odon, Indiana is a small town located in Daviess County. It has a strong sense of community and its political environment reflects this. Odon is fairly conservative, the majority of the population voting for Republican candidates in local, state, and national races. Even though there are some Democratic residents in town, they are heavily outnumbered by their more conservative counterparts. The local government is mostly Republican-leaning as well, with most of the members voting along party lines when it comes to policy decisions. Despite these divisions, Odon residents tend to be unified when it comes to local issues such as education and infrastructure improvements. All locals recognize that these types of improvements can benefit everyone regardless of their political affiliation and work together to make sure they are addressed properly and efficiently.
The political climate in Odon, IN is strongly conservative.
Daviess County, IN is very conservative. In Daviess County, IN 18.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Daviess county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.0% to 18.1%.
Daviess county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Odon, IN is strongly conservative.
Daviess County, Indiana is very conservative.
Washington Metro Area 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.
Odon, 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 Odon, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $1,250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $19,948 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $554 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)