Austin, IN is located in Scott County and has a population of around 4,700 people. The town is represented by its Mayor, Dave Pflugner, who was elected in 2019. In addition to the Mayor, the community also elects three Town Council members who serve as legislative representatives. They work to ensure that services are provided efficiently and that the community's interests are reflected in their decisions. The Town Council works with the Mayor to develop policies, regulations, and ordinances that have an impact on the local citizens. They also decide on how municipal tax funds are spent for projects such as street repairs and infrastructure upgrades. Austin residents can participate in their government by attending Town Council meetings and voicing their opinion on important matters.
The political climate in Zip 47102 (Austin, IN) is strongly conservative.
Scott County, IN is very conservative. In Scott County, IN 26.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scott county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.0% to 26.5%.
Scott county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47102 (Austin, IN) is strongly conservative.
Austin, Indiana is strongly conservative.
Scott County, Indiana is very conservative.
Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Area is leaning 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.
Austin, Indiana: d 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 47102 (Austin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $293 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $25,665 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $828 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)