Troy, Indiana is a small city located in Miami County. It is the county seat and has a population of around 2,800 people. The local government in Troy consists of an elected Mayor and five City Council members who serve four year terms. Currently, the Mayor is John Coons and he is joined by City Council members: Bud Kremer, Tom Gray, Todd Frye, Luke Frech and Tennille Thomas-Younger. Local politics in Troy are focused on providing essential services to the community such as healthcare, public safety, education and infrastructure maintenance. Additionally, there has been an effort to promote economic growth through incentives for businesses to locate or expand within the city. The current Mayor and City Council are committed to ensuring that Troy remains a safe and vibrant place for its citizens to live.
The political climate in Troy, IN is strongly 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
Troy, IN is strongly 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.
Troy, 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 Troy, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $60 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $725 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)