Shelby, IN is a small town located in the Midwest of the United States with a population of around 3,000. Shelby is part of Decatur County and is governed by elected officials at both the local and county level. At the local level, the Town Council consists of seven members who are elected by Shelby citizens to serve four-year terms. The council meets on the second Tuesday of each month to discuss matters that affect the daily lives of Shelby residents such as town services, public safety, and budgeting. At the county level, Decatur County's Board of Commissioners are responsible for approving countywide policies that ensure prosperity and wellbeing for all residents. Citizens in Shelby are encouraged to stay informed about their local and county politics so they can participate in community discussions and cast their votes when election season comes around.
The political climate in Shelby, IN is leaning conservative.
Lake County, IN is somewhat liberal. In Lake County, IN 56.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.7% to 41.6%.
Lake county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shelby, IN is leaning conservative.
Lake County, Indiana is somewhat liberal.
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metro Area is very 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.
Shelby, Indiana: D D D D D D
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 Shelby, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 237 contributions totaling $6,977 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 98 contributions totaling $18,786 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)