Fayette County, Indiana is a rural area in the state of Indiana. It is home to several small towns and communities, each with their own local government and municipal offices. The main political organizations and positions located in Fayette County are those of the County Council, Supervisor of Assessments, Prosecuting Attorney, Recorder, Sheriff, Treasurer, Auditor, Commissioner of Public Records and Surveyor. Each position has its own set of responsibilities such as managing finances, providing support services to residents or conducting elections. The county also has a representative on the State Legislature from each district in Fayette County. Politically speaking, Fayette County tends to lean towards moderate Republicanism although all parties are represented at various levels throughout the county. All candidates for local offices must be approved by voters living within the county before they can hold office.
The political climate in Fayette County, IN is very conservative.
In Fayette County, IN 22.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fayette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.5% to 22.1%.
Fayette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fayette County, IN is very conservative.
Connersville 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.
Fayette, 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 Fayette County, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 139 contributions totaling $5,277 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 169 contributions totaling $15,969 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)