Richmond, IN is a small town in the Midwestern United States located in east central Indiana. It is the county seat of Wayne County and has a population of around 38,000 people. The political landscape of Richmond is very diverse and vibrant. The city is governed by a mayor-council form of government with an elected Mayor and nine Council members. There are several political parties represented in the area including Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, and Green Party candidates. Each year elections are held to decide who will be representing the local constituents on various boards and commissions within the community. Local politicians strive to bring positive change to their communities through initiatives such as economic development, job creation efforts, educational initiatives, public safety initiatives, and other progressive ideas that will benefit everyone living in Richmond.
The political climate in Richmond, IN is somewhat conservative.
Wayne County, IN is strongly conservative. In Wayne County, IN 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.5% to 34.4%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richmond, IN is somewhat conservative.
Wayne County, Indiana is strongly conservative.
Richmond Metro Area is strongly 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.
Richmond, 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 Richmond, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,021 contributions totaling $313,161 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,366 contributions totaling $1,111,699 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $470 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)