The Bedford, IN Metro Area is a region of central Indiana with a long history of political involvement. The area is represented in the Indiana General Assembly by State Senators and Representatives from Lawrence County. The local government is led by Mayor Shawna Girgis, who has been in office since 2016. Alongside her are several other elected officials, including a City Council that governs Bedford's laws and regulations. During election season, Bedford residents can choose to support candidates from both major political parties as well as many independent candidates. Each candidate offers different perspectives and ideas to improve the quality of life for Bedford residents. Furthermore, the city actively works to engage with its citizens through public forums and outreach initiatives such as town hall meetings. This helps ensure that everyone in the community has an opportunity to have their voices heard and participate in government decisions that affect them.
The political climate in Bedford Metro Area is very conservative.
In Bedford Metro Area 23.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Bedford metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.2% to 23.6%.
The Bedford metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bedford 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.
Bedford, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Bedford Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 449 contributions totaling $59,926 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 340 contributions totaling $85,017 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)