The politics of Tipton County, IN are one of the most talked-about topics among residents. The county has a strong representation from both major political parties and a wide variety of other local candidates vying for office. Each election cycle sees a new and energetic slate of people looking to represent the county at the state level. This allows citizens to have their voices heard at all levels of government in the county and helps to ensure that everyone is represented accordingly. The local election processes are overseen by the Tipton County Election Board, which is responsible for running fair and impartial elections that reflect the true will of the people.
The political climate in Tipton County, IN is very conservative.
In Tipton County, IN 22.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tipton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 22.6%.
Tipton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tipton 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.
Tipton, 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 Tipton County, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 125 contributions totaling $4,958 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 111 contributions totaling $10,705 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)