The small, rural town of Arcadia, IN is governed by a Town Council composed of seven elected members. The Town Council is responsible for the overall management and operation of the town, including setting policies, making regulations, and overseeing the budget and finances. The current mayor is Mike Absher who was elected in 2011. Local elections occur every four years to elect council members representing each area of the community. Community participation in local politics is encouraged with many locals volunteering their time to support candidates for office or voting on important issues that impact community development. In addition to the Town Council, Arcadia has representation at higher levels of government through state legislators and Congresspeople from nearby districts. All are committed to advocating for the people of Arcadia and providing resources that improve the quality of life for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 46030 (Arcadia, IN) is somewhat conservative.
Hamilton County, IN is leaning conservative. In Hamilton County, IN 45.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hamilton county remained moderately Republican, 52.2% to 45.4%.
Hamilton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46030 (Arcadia, IN) is somewhat conservative.
Arcadia, Indiana is somewhat conservative.
Hamilton County, Indiana is leaning 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.
Arcadia, 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 46030 (Arcadia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 42 contributions totaling $6,165 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $2,140 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)