The small town of Bennington, Indiana is situated in the rural 47011 zip code. The area is primarily home to agricultural land and family owned businesses. Though the city is typically quiet when it comes to politics, the citizenry of Bennington are still actively involved in their civic duty. During elections, citizens can be seen congregating around polling places to cast their votes for state and local representatives. The city is represented at the state level by legislators from both major political parties. This means that residents of Bennington have many options to choose from when it comes to who will be making decisions on behalf of the people. There are various local and regional initiatives which often appear on ballots as well that can help shape the future of 47011 Bennington, IN for years to come.
The political climate in Zip 47011 (Bennington, IN) is very conservative.
Switzerland County, IN is very conservative. In Switzerland County, IN 23.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Switzerland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.4% to 23.2%.
Switzerland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47011 (Bennington, IN) is very conservative.
Bennington, Indiana is very conservative.
Switzerland County, Indiana is very conservative.
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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.
Bennington, 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 47011 (Bennington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $325 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)