The Crawfordsville, IN Metro Area is home to a vibrant political landscape. As an example of this, the county seat itself, Montgomery County, features a board of commissioners with three elected members who serve staggered terms. Additionally, the city has elected a mayor and nine council members to represent its citizens in local government. The area also has two representatives in the Indiana House and two senators in the Indiana State Senate. This diverse political representation ensures that all citizens have a voice in their local politics. Furthermore, while there are no current candidates running for office in Crawfordsville's metro area, its residents are enthusiastic about upcoming elections and actively participate in their local civic affairs.
The political climate in Crawfordsville Metro Area is very conservative.
In Crawfordsville Metro Area 24.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Crawfordsville metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.6% to 24.5%.
The Crawfordsville metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crawfordsville 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.
Crawfordsville, 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 Crawfordsville Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 867 contributions totaling $69,233 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 258 contributions totaling $34,385 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)