The town of Shelbyville, IN, 46176 is located in the heart of Central Indiana. In this quaint little community, politics are an important part of everyday life. Residents are active in discussing local issues and engaging in political discourse. The primary source of governance for Shelbyville is the Shelby County Court, which consists of five elected judges who oversee county operations. At the state level, residents elect representatives to both chambers of the Indiana General Assembly to represent their interests on matters concerning local government. Additionally, citizens may vote for a U.S Congress representative from Indiana’s 6th congressional district when they choose to participate in elections at the federal level. Ultimately, the residents of Shelbyville take pride in their political involvement and strive to ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to matters affecting their community as a whole.
The political climate in Zip 46176 (Shelbyville, IN) is strongly conservative.
Shelby County, IN is very conservative. In Shelby County, IN 25.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shelby county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.9% to 25.1%.
Shelby county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46176 (Shelbyville, IN) is strongly conservative.
Shelbyville, Indiana is strongly conservative.
Shelby County, Indiana is very conservative.
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Shelbyville, 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 46176 (Shelbyville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 259 contributions totaling $58,634 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 466 contributions totaling $253,625 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $544 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)