Politics in 47458 Smithville, IN are heavily influenced by the Republican Party. Local elections often feature candidates from both parties, but Republicans tend to dominate the voting population. Many of the local politicians have been in office for multiple terms and have a strong presence throughout the community. The Mayor of Smithville is a Republican who has served for two terms and is currently running for a third term. Most recently, Republicans ran unopposed in three consecutive local elections due to the lack of Democratic challengers. Issues such as taxes, crime prevention, education and infrastructure improvement are important topics discussed during campaigns. In addition, Smithville's representatives often work closely with state officials to ensure that state legislation reflects the interests of their constituents.
The political climate in Zip 47458 (Smithville, IN) is somewhat liberal.
Monroe County, IN is strongly liberal. In Monroe County, IN 63.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.1% to 34.9%.
Monroe county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47458 (Smithville, IN) is somewhat liberal.
Smithville, Indiana is somewhat liberal.
Monroe County, Indiana is strongly liberal.
Bloomington Metro Area is moderately 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.
Smithville, Indiana: r d D D D D
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 47458 (Smithville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $177 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)