Vanderburgh County, Indiana is a part of the Evansville Metropolitan Statistical Area and is managed by the Vanderburgh County government. The county government operates within the confines of the Indiana Code and oversees the county's departments, law enforcement, courts, public works, health services, zoning, utilities, and more. The political landscape in Vanderburgh County is overseen by a three-member Board of Commissioners who are elected from three districts to serve four-year terms. The President of the Commission serves as the executive head of county government and reports to a full-time administrator who handles business operations. Additionally, nine elected officials serve on various boards or commissions that address areas such as land use planning, economic development, soil and water conservation districts, public safety services (sheriffs), public health services (coroner), emergency management services, tax assessment appeals boards (BOAI) and many other matters affecting residents in Vanderburgh County.
The political climate in Vanderburgh County, IN is somewhat conservative.
In Vanderburgh County, IN 44.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Vanderburgh county remained moderately Republican, 53.9% to 44.3%.
Vanderburgh county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Vanderburgh County, IN is somewhat conservative.
Evansville Metro Area is moderately 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.
Vanderburgh, Indiana: R R d 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 Vanderburgh County, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,608 contributions totaling $268,908 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,877 contributions totaling $879,222 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $468 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)