Hendricks County, Indiana is a vibrant community that is home to a wide variety of political opinions. As of 2020, local political candidates for the Hendricks County Commissioner's office include Brad Anderson, Stephanie Lynch, and John Hession. Each candidate stands for different values and platforms, making Hendricks County’s elections an exciting time for residents to come together and share their views on the issues that are most important to them. Residents in this county have the opportunity to engage in dialogue about current local politics and directly influence the future of their community through their vote.
The political climate in Hendricks County, IN is strongly conservative.
In Hendricks County, IN 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hendricks county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 36.8%.
Hendricks county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hendricks County, IN is strongly conservative.
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson Metro Area is leaning 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.
Hendricks, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Hendricks County, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,019 contributions totaling $256,369 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,500 contributions totaling $348,672 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)