Ellettsville, IN is a small town located in southeastern Indiana that has a strong focus on local politics. As its population of 6,378 people indicates, Ellettsville is a tight-knit community that highly values its citizens' opinions and strives to make the best decisions for its residents. The town holds elections every two years to fill positions in its local government and appoint representatives to serve on various boards like the Utility Board, Sewer Board, and Parks and Recreation Board. Each election has multiple candidates running for different offices who are all very passionate about the welfare of their community and strive to improve upon previous efforts while introducing new initiatives that benefit the majority of voters. While there are no current candidates for any of these offices mentioned above, it is certain that the upcoming elections will be filled with strong contenders that care deeply about their community.
The political climate in Zip 47429 (Ellettsville, IN) is somewhat liberal.
Monroe County, IN is strongly liberal. In Monroe County, IN 63.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.1% to 34.9%.
Monroe county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47429 (Ellettsville, IN) is somewhat liberal.
Ellettsville, Indiana is somewhat liberal.
Monroe County, Indiana is strongly liberal.
Bloomington Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Ellettsville, Indiana: r d D D D D
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 47429 (Ellettsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 263 contributions totaling $8,172 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $45,714 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $749 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)