Greenfield, Indiana is a small town located in the eastern portion of the state. The local political landscape is ever-evolving and fluid. It has seen various elected officials from both major parties come and go over the past few years. The current Mayor of Greenfield is Republican Brent Tilson who was first elected in 2016 after previously serving as a City Council Member since 2012. He works with five other members, two Republicans and three Democrats, to continue making Greenfield a great place to live and work. Local elections are held every four years when residents come out to the polls to decide on their representatives for various positions throughout town. Residents take pride in participating in the democratic process which helps keep politicians accountable and ensures that all voices are heard in their community's decision-making process.
The political climate in Zip 46140 (Greenfield, IN) is strongly conservative.
Hancock County, IN is very conservative. In Hancock County, IN 30.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hancock county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.4% to 30.0%.
Hancock county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46140 (Greenfield, IN) is strongly conservative.
Greenfield, Indiana is strongly conservative.
Hancock County, Indiana is very 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.
Greenfield, 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 46140 (Greenfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 397 contributions totaling $100,138 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $252 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 320 contributions totaling $107,197 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $335 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)