Butler, IN 46721 is located in DeKalb County, and is home to a thriving community of 8,000 people. The politics in Butler involve representation at the local, state, and federal levels. At the local level, residents of Butler are represented by their Mayor and five council members who are elected every four years. These individuals are responsible for creating local laws that govern the city and making decisions on its behalf. On the state level, residents of Butler are represented by their State Representative and Senator in the Indiana General Assembly. These individuals create laws that affect all citizens of Indiana. At the federal level, residents of Butler are represented by their United States Representatives and Senators who work to create laws that apply to all citizens across America. People in Butler can keep up with political news by attending meetings or town halls organized by their local government officials or contacting them directly to voice their opinions on specific issues.
The political climate in Zip 46721 (Butler, IN) is very conservative.
DeKalb County, IN is very conservative. In DeKalb County, IN 25.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DeKalb county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.4% to 25.3%.
DeKalb county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46721 (Butler, IN) is very conservative.
Butler, Indiana is very conservative.
DeKalb County, Indiana is very conservative.
Auburn 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.
Butler, 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 zip 46721 (Butler)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $2,750 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $344 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $3,752 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $341 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)