Painted Hills, IN is a small town with a population of around 3,500. It has a strong sense of community, and the townspeople come together to support their local businesses and organizations. The political landscape in Painted Hills is largely divided between two major parties - Republican and Democrat. Each party has its own supporters within the town, but there is also a large contingent of independent voters who are not affiliated with either party. The town also elects its mayor every two years as well as other local representatives from various wards in the city. There are many opportunities for citizens to get involved in politics by attending local meetings or joining one of the political parties. Overall, politics in Painted Hills is an important part of life here and helps shape the direction of the town's future.
The political climate in Painted Hills, IN is very conservative.
Morgan County, IN is very conservative. In Morgan County, IN 21.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morgan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.0% to 21.5%.
Morgan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Painted Hills, IN is very conservative.
Morgan County, Indiana is very 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.
Painted Hills, 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 Painted Hills, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,004 contributions totaling $154,098 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 810 contributions totaling $251,366 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $310 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)