Universal, IN is a small town located in the Midwest region of the United States. It is home to about 2,700 people and boasts a variety of local businesses from restaurants to retail stores. The local politics in the city revolves around civic issues such as crime, education, roads and infrastructure, zoning and development, budgeting and finance, and other community concerns. While there are no current political candidates running for office in 47884 Universal, IN, citizens are actively engaged in volunteering their time to help their community while attending town hall meetings and voting on important issues that affect them. Citizens also have the opportunity to contact their representatives at higher levels of government to voice their opinions on matters that impact them. Although there may not be any formal city-level politics taking place in Universal right now, it's clear that the citizens of 47884 Universal are passionate about making their community better for everyone.
The political climate in Zip 47884 (Universal, IN) is very conservative.
Vermillion County, IN is very conservative. In Vermillion County, IN 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Vermillion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.2% to 28.6%.
Vermillion county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47884 (Universal, IN) is very conservative.
Universal, Indiana is very conservative.
Vermillion County, Indiana is very conservative.
Terre Haute Metro Area is strongly 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.
Universal, Indiana: d r D 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 47884 (Universal)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)