Randolph County, IN is home to a diverse population of people who are politically engaged and active in their local and national politics. The county is part of the 4th Congressional District and has been represented by Republican Congressman Jim Banks since 2017. Locally, Randolph County is led by a board of three county commissioners, each elected from their respective districts. The current members are Howard Stroup, Virgil Raines, and Jesse Cockrell. In addition to these positions, many other municipalities around Randolph County have elected representatives that handle local issues in their areas. There is also an active political atmosphere in the county with numerous political candidates running for office each election cycle. Overall, Randolph County residents take pride in engaging politically in their community and voting for the candidate of their choice.
The political climate in Randolph County, IN is very conservative.
In Randolph County, IN 22.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Randolph county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.0% to 22.7%.
Randolph county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Randolph 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.
Randolph, 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 Randolph County, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 176 contributions totaling $3,149 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 212 contributions totaling $244,371 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)