Greensburg, Indiana is a small city located in Decatur County with a population of just over 11,000 inhabitants. Politics in the area are largely influenced by members of the Republican Party. Many local organizations are involved in raising awareness and support for their candidates, as well as advocating for the needs of their community. The current mayor is a Republican and the Decatur County Board of Commissioners is composed of 4 Republicans and 1 Democrat. The city council also leans heavily towards the GOP, with 9 out of 11 members being affiliated with the party. No local political candidates are running at this time, but many citizens are interested in upcoming elections and taking part in campaigns to support their communities’ best interests.
The political climate in Zip 47240 (Greensburg, IN) is very conservative.
Decatur County, IN is very conservative. In Decatur County, IN 19.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Decatur county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.8% to 19.8%.
Decatur county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47240 (Greensburg, IN) is very conservative.
Greensburg, Indiana is very conservative.
Decatur County, Indiana is very conservative.
Greensburg 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.
Greensburg, 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 47240 (Greensburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 108 contributions totaling $15,159 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 173 contributions totaling $91,158 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $527 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)