Floyd County, Indiana is a heavily populated county located in the Southern region of the state. The political climate in Floyd is largely conservative leaning. The Republican Party controls most of the county offices and dominates the local politics. However, there are still some Democrats who hold positions in office and actively participate in political discourse. There are also several independent candidates who have made themselves known in recent elections. Local issues often include topics like education reform, economic development, immigration, public health care access, infrastructure investment and environmental protection. Voters in Floyd County have recently had their say on many of these important topics at the polls during both federal and state elections.
The political climate in Floyd County, IN is somewhat conservative.
In Floyd County, IN 41.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Floyd county remained strongly Republican, 55.8% to 41.8%.
Floyd county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Floyd County, IN is somewhat conservative.
Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Area is leaning 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.
Floyd, 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 Floyd County, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,200 contributions totaling $316,162 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 811 contributions totaling $415,038 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $512 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)