Union City, Indiana is a small town located in Randolph County with a population of 2,413. The town is served by an elected mayor and six council members. The current Mayor is David R. Reece and the council members are Allen Smith, Eric Owens, Don Brumbaugh, Blake Reinoehl, Trinidy Wetzel, and Gary Shimp. These elected officials are responsible for setting the strategy for the town's development and ensuring residents have access to services that are essential to their day-to-day life. Union City also has a strong focus on fiscal responsibility as they strive to make sure taxpayers’ money is spent wisely while providing necessary services. It is important for residents to stay informed on current issues facing Union City and get involved in local politics as it directly affects their lives.
The political climate in Zip 47390 (Union City, IN) is strongly conservative.
Randolph County, IN is very conservative. In Randolph County, IN 22.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Randolph county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.0% to 22.7%.
Randolph county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47390 (Union City, IN) is strongly conservative.
Union City, Indiana is strongly conservative.
Randolph 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.
Union City, 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 47390 (Union City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $30 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $3 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69 contributions totaling $8,930 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)