The politics in Richmond, IN Metro Area are quite diverse and interesting. The city is home to a variety of political organizations working towards different causes. There is a strong emphasis on community involvement and social justice, with many local activists and organizations advocating for social change. Richmond is also home to the Eastern Indiana Democratic Party, which puts on events to provide information about current political issues and decisions. Additionally, a number of local elected officials represent the citizens of Richmond in their respective city councils and state government. Each year, local elections are held that allow citizens to select their desired candidates who will help shape the future of the city.
The political climate in Richmond Metro Area is strongly conservative.
In Richmond Metro Area 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Richmond metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.5% to 34.4%.
The Richmond metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richmond Metro Area is strongly 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.
Richmond, 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 Richmond Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,401 contributions totaling $85,781 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 696 contributions totaling $293,581 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $422 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)