The politics in the city of 46107 Beech Grove, IN are largely centered around the Mayor and City Council. The Mayor is directly elected by the citizens of Beech Grove and serves a four-year term. The City Council is comprised of seven members who are elected by district to serve four-year terms. The current mayor of Beech Grove is Dennis Buckley and all seven City Council seats are currently held by Democrats. In recent years, there have been initiatives taken on in order to improve infrastructure and quality of life for residents, including investments in public safety, economic development, and recreational programs. Residents have actively participated in local elections and referendums with an aim to make their city a better place for all.
The political climate in Zip 46107 (Beech Grove, IN) is moderately liberal.
Marion County, IN is strongly liberal. In Marion County, IN 63.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.3% to 34.3%.
Marion county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46107 (Beech Grove, IN) is moderately liberal.
Beech Grove, Indiana is moderately liberal.
Marion County, Indiana is strongly liberal.
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.
Beech Grove, Indiana: r d D D D D
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 46107 (Beech Grove)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 98 contributions totaling $9,610 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $7,112 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $198 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)