Tell City, IN is a small city located in the southwestern part of Indiana. It has a population of around 8,000 people and is known for its local craft beer brewery, Tell City Brewing Company. The city follows the traditional structure of American democracy with an elected mayor and board of aldermen responsible for making decisions on behalf of the citizens. Civic engagement runs deep in Tell City as evidenced by their citizen-driven initiatives to improve public safety, education, infrastructure and economic development. Residents have the opportunity to get involved by volunteering on various committees or attending town hall meetings throughout the year. Elections are held every two years for mayor and Board of Aldermen seats. Overall, Tell City residents have a strong sense of pride in their community and take an active role in shaping its future through politics.
The political climate in Tell City, IN is moderately conservative.
Perry County, IN is strongly conservative. In Perry County, IN 36.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Perry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.2% to 36.7%.
Perry county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tell City, IN is moderately conservative.
Perry County, Indiana 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.
Tell City, Indiana: d r D D 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 Tell City, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 307 contributions totaling $38,711 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $37,505 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $735 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)