Adams County, Indiana is a primarily rural area with a population of approximately 34,000 citizens. It is governed by a Board of County Commissioners and representatives from each township in the county serve on the board. Elections are held every four years to elect commissioners to represent the county's constituents. Local political candidates in Adams County focus on issues such as economic development, infrastructure, education funding and public safety measures. These candidates strive to enact reforms that improve the quality of life for all residents and bring increased prosperity to their communities. Throughout its history, Adams County has been proud to support many vibrant local initiatives for community betterment and progress.
The political climate in Adams County, IN is very conservative.
In Adams County, IN 22.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Adams county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.0% to 22.7%.
Adams county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Adams County, IN is very conservative.
Decatur Metro Area is very 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.
Adams, 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 Adams County, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 128 contributions totaling $7,693 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 281 contributions totaling $93,142 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $331 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)