The town of Hagerstown, IN is located in the center of Wayne County and is a small, rural community with a population of about 2,000 people. There are several local political candidates who are vying to represent the interests of the residents of Hagerstown. The candidates all have different ideas and opinions on how to best serve the needs of their constituents and address issues such as economic growth, public safety, education, and more. The local elections are held every two years and the current mayor is Jim Gillett. He has been in office since 2019 and is running for reelection this year. In addition to the mayor’s race, there will also be races for City Council members as well as other offices within Hagerstown’s municipal government. All the candidates will be campaigning hard during this election season in an effort to earn their constituents’ support.
The political climate in Zip 47346 (Hagerstown, IN) is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, IN is strongly conservative. In Wayne County, IN 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.5% to 34.4%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47346 (Hagerstown, IN) is strongly conservative.
Hagerstown, Indiana is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, Indiana is strongly conservative.
Richmond 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.
Hagerstown, 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 47346 (Hagerstown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $2,104 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)