The small city of Elwood, IN is located in Madison County and has a population of 8,614 according to the 2010 census. Elwood is governed by a mayor and a board of five city council members who are each elected to serve four year terms. The mayor is responsible for setting the agenda for meetings, executing legislation passed by the city council, appointing members to various boards and committees within the city, and representing Elwood at various events throughout the year. The city council works together with the mayor to create policies that best represent the interests of all residents in Elwood. These laws are meant to ensure that every member of the community has access to resources necessary for their development and success. Additionally, local political candidates often visit Elwood during election season to discuss their platforms with voters.
The political climate in Zip 46036 (Elwood, IN) is moderately conservative.
Madison County, IN is moderately conservative. In Madison County, IN 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.2% to 37.6%.
Madison county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46036 (Elwood, IN) is moderately conservative.
Elwood, Indiana is moderately conservative.
Madison County, Indiana is moderately conservative.
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson Metro Area is leaning 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.
Elwood, Indiana: r R d 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 46036 (Elwood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 313 contributions totaling $2,636 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $8 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 117 contributions totaling $9,419 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)