Alexandria, IN is a small town located in Madison County with a population of around 2,000 people. The local government is comprised of a small council that works together to make decisions for the betterment of the community. Alexandria has two political parties represented in local politics; the Democratic and Republican parties are both active in the area. The current mayor is Barb Ewing, a Republican who was elected in 2019, and she works collaboratively with the city council members who come from both parties. Local elections often consist of debates between Democratic and Republican candidates who are eager to serve their constituents. Issues such as taxation, public safety, infrastructure improvements, education policies and more are discussed during these debates. As an involved citizenry, Alexandria residents take an active role in voting to ensure their voices are heard. With voter participation steadily increasing each election cycle, Alexandria residents demonstrate that they care about their community’s politics and future.
The political climate in Zip 46001 (Alexandria, IN) is moderately conservative.
Madison County, IN is moderately conservative. In Madison County, IN 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.2% to 37.6%.
Madison county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46001 (Alexandria, IN) is moderately conservative.
Alexandria, Indiana is moderately conservative.
Madison County, Indiana is moderately 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.
Alexandria, Indiana: r 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 46001 (Alexandria)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 51 contributions totaling $2,070 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 90 contributions totaling $44,950 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $499 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)