Avoca, IN 47420 is a small town located in southern Indiana. Politically, Avoca residents are represented by Republicans in the Indiana State Senate and in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Town Council is made up of five members who are elected to four-year terms; currently, all of them are Republicans. Local elections typically have low voter turnout since there is usually only one candidate running for each office. However, there have been several initiatives recently to raise awareness of local politics and increase civic engagement among residents. The Town Council has also worked hard to ensure that Avoca's infrastructure remains strong and provides services that benefit residents, such as safer roads and more public parks and green spaces.
The political climate in Zip 47420 (Avoca, IN) is very conservative.
Lawrence County, IN is very conservative. In Lawrence County, IN 23.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lawrence county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.2% to 23.6%.
Lawrence county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47420 (Avoca, IN) is very conservative.
Avoca, Indiana is very conservative.
Lawrence County, Indiana is very conservative.
Bedford Metro Area is very 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.
Avoca, 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 47420 (Avoca)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $312 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 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)