Pulaski County in Indiana has a long, varied history when it comes to politics. The county is part of the 6th congressional district and is represented by Jackie Walorski (R) in the United States House of Representatives. In the Indiana State Senate, Mike Bohacek (R) serves as the senator representing Pulaski County. At the state level, Pulaski County is represented in both the Indiana House of Representatives and Senate by various members from both parties. Furthermore, there are a number of local political candidate that Pulaski County residents can vote for in their respective elections. In general, Pulaski County has a voter base that leans slightly more Republican than Democrat, though many residents swing between both major parties depending on the election year.
The political climate in Pulaski County, IN is very conservative.
In Pulaski County, IN 25.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pulaski county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.0% to 25.2%.
Pulaski county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pulaski County, IN is very conservative.
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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.
Pulaski, 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 Pulaski County, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 97 contributions totaling $24,195 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $249 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 144 contributions totaling $29,639 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)