The town of Elizabethtown, IN, located in 47232, is a small town with a close-knit community. Residents are politically active and often take part in local government issues. In recent years, the town has been served by a Mayor and Town Council. The Mayor and Town Council work together to ensure that the needs of their constituents are met. The town is also home to several other political organizations such as the Elizabethtown Republican Party and the Elizabethtown Democratic Party. Each party works to make sure that their voices are heard within the community when it comes to important decision making. Additionally, members of both parties often organize events throughout the year in order to further engage citizens on policy changes and other topics that affect them directly.
The political climate in Zip 47232 (Elizabethtown, IN) is strongly conservative.
Bartholomew County, IN is strongly conservative. In Bartholomew County, IN 35.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bartholomew county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.7% to 35.6%.
Bartholomew county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47232 (Elizabethtown, IN) is strongly conservative.
Elizabethtown, Indiana is strongly conservative.
Bartholomew County, Indiana is strongly conservative.
Columbus 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.
Elizabethtown, 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 47232 (Elizabethtown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $2,135 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $534 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,361 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)