New Albany, IN is a city in Floyd County with a population of close to 36,000 people. Situated along the banks of the Ohio River, New Albany has an active and vibrant political landscape. Local elections involve the mayor and city council members who are responsible for managing the city's budget and setting policy for local government operations. On the state level, New Albany is represented by both Republicans and Democrats in the Indiana General Assembly. The Governor's office is held by a Republican. On the federal level, New Albany is represented by Congressmen from both parties as well as senators in the U.S. Senate. The overall political atmosphere in 47150 New Albany is one that encourages respectful debate and compromise in order to create policies that benefit all residents of this great city.
The political climate in Zip 47150 (New Albany, IN) is somewhat conservative.
Floyd County, IN is somewhat conservative. In Floyd County, IN 41.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Floyd county remained strongly Republican, 55.8% to 41.8%.
Floyd county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47150 (New Albany, IN) is somewhat conservative.
New Albany, Indiana is somewhat conservative.
Floyd County, Indiana is somewhat conservative.
Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Area is leaning 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.
New Albany, 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 47150 (New Albany)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,457 contributions totaling $167,031 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 383 contributions totaling $213,541 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $558 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)