Wayne County, Indiana is a thriving county with a diverse population and an active political landscape. Primary elections are held every two years in Wayne County and feature candidates from both major political parties vying for partisan offices including state representatives, county council members, and commissioners. Local issues such as infrastructure improvements, public education funding, and economic development are at the forefront of debate among local candidates during election season. Wayne County residents can keep informed about upcoming elections by visiting the local board of elections website or attending candidate forums hosted by community organizations. In addition to primary elections, there are also a variety of nonpartisan offices that residents can vote for including mayors, town councils, school boards, and judgeships. Voters in Wayne County have an important role in selecting their elected officials through their participation in the electoral process.
The political climate in Wayne County, IN is strongly conservative.
In Wayne County, IN 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.5% to 34.4%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wayne County, IN is strongly conservative.
Richmond Metro Area 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.
Wayne, 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 Wayne County, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,401 contributions totaling $85,781 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 696 contributions totaling $293,581 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $422 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)