The Evansville, IN Metro Area is a diverse and vibrant community with a wide range of political activities and opinion. The city is recognized as one of the most politically engaged cities in the nation, featuring an engaged citizenry that encourages public discourse. Political events such as rallies, debates and town halls are common occurrences throughout the region, giving citizens an opportunity to be part of the public policy discussion. Local elections for mayor and city council often draw large turnouts of voters, reflecting the active participation in political decision-making. With a wide range of candidates from both major parties, residents have an array of choices when it comes to local politics. Evansville's commitment to involvement at all levels of government has created an environment that breeds civic engagement while also giving citizens a voice in how their government is run.
The political climate in Evansville Metro Area is moderately conservative.
In Evansville Metro Area 40.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Evansville metro area remained very strongly Republican, 58.0% to 40.2%.
The Evansville metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Evansville Metro Area is moderately 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.
Evansville, 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 Evansville Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,295 contributions totaling $509,885 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,944 contributions totaling $1,204,176 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $409 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)