Swayzee, IN is a small town located in Grant County. With a population of around 876, the town is home to a variety of businesses, parks and restaurants. The politics in Swayzee are overseen by the Town Council, which consists of five members who are elected for four-year terms. The current Town Council members include Jonathon Beddoe, John Miller, Janet Janssen, Karen L. Wilcox and Robert Hall. All five of these members have been active in local government for many years and are dedicated to serving the citizens of Swayzee by focusing on issues such as economic growth and creating an environment that is safe and welcoming for its residents. In addition to the Town Council, Swayzee also has its own mayor who works to support the Town Council's agenda by advocating for local issues at the state level.
The political climate in Swayzee, IN is strongly conservative.
Grant County, IN is very conservative. In Grant County, IN 29.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.1% to 29.4%.
Grant county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Swayzee, IN is strongly conservative.
Grant County, Indiana is very conservative.
Marion 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.
Swayzee, 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 Swayzee, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $325 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)