Pennville, IN is a small rural town located in 47369. It has a close-knit community and strong sense of civic pride. The local politics in this town are focused on issues related to the welfare and safety of its citizens. Decisions impacting the city are made at City Hall where residents can meet with their locally elected officials to voice their opinions. Issues such as economic growth, infrastructure improvement, education, public safety, and environmental protection are key concerns for Pennville's leaders who strive to ensure that the town continues to remain an attractive place to live and work. Local candidates for office have backgrounds in law enforcement, finance, medicine, education, and business and they bring diverse perspectives to the table when making decisions for the future of Pennville.
The political climate in Zip 47369 (Pennville, IN) is very conservative.
Jay County, IN is very conservative. In Jay County, IN 22.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 22.8%.
Jay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47369 (Pennville, IN) is very conservative.
Pennville, Indiana is very conservative.
Jay County, Indiana is very conservative.
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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.
Pennville, 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 47369 (Pennville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $195 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)