In 47967 New Richmond, IN, politics is an important part of the community. The area has a local government consisting of a mayor and town council members who are elected every four years. In addition to the local government, there is also state representation in the form of a representative and senator from Indiana's 6th congressional district. All of these politicians work together to ensure that the needs of the citizens in New Richmond are met. The local political candidates for each office must campaign vigorously in order to be elected by the people of New Richmond. Issues discussed include economic development, public safety, education, and other topics that are important to the people living in this region.
The political climate in Zip 47967 (New Richmond, IN) is very conservative.
Montgomery County, IN is very conservative. In Montgomery County, IN 24.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.6% to 24.5%.
Montgomery county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47967 (New Richmond, IN) is very conservative.
New Richmond, Indiana is very conservative.
Montgomery County, Indiana is very conservative.
Crawfordsville 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.
New Richmond, 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 47967 (New Richmond)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $125 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $68 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)