Fountain County is an important part of Indiana’s political landscape. Located in the western part of the state, it has a long history as an agricultural and industrial hub, as well as a center for education. From local elections to presidential races, Fountain County residents take part in the process of choosing who will lead them on both a state and national level. Local elections are held every two years, with people from both major parties vying for positions as mayor, county commissioners, school board members, judges, sheriff's deputies, and other community representatives. The most prominent among them are usually those running for office at the state level or higher. With its population reaching over 17 thousand people in recent decades, Fountain County has become increasingly active in the political arena and continues to do so today.
The political climate in Fountain County, IN is very conservative.
In Fountain County, IN 20.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fountain county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.0% to 20.4%.
Fountain county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fountain 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.
Fountain, 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 Fountain County, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 381 contributions totaling $27,496 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 215 contributions totaling $50,498 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)