Bowling Green, IN 47833 is a small rural town located in Clay County in western Indiana. It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area and is governed by a handful of elected officials. The current mayor of Bowling Green is Ronnie Abney, who was elected to the position in 2019. Mayor Abney has been working with local businesses and community members to improve the town’s infrastructure and attract new economic opportunities while still preserving its rural character. The town council consists of six members that are all elected at-large for four year terms. Their duties include setting policies that affect the daily operations of the town and creating legislation related to public safety, zoning, infrastructure, tax revenue, and other topics. Additionally, two representatives from Bowling Green serve on the Clay County Council which makes decisions concerning county-wide matters such as budgeting, waste management services, law enforcement services, and more. All these elected officials work together to ensure the best possible outcomes for the residents of Bowling Green and its surrounding areas.
The political climate in Zip 47833 (Bowling Green, IN) is very conservative.
Clay County, IN is very conservative. In Clay County, IN 20.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.3% to 20.8%.
Clay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47833 (Bowling Green, IN) is very conservative.
Bowling Green, Indiana is very conservative.
Clay County, Indiana is very conservative.
Terre Haute Metro Area is strongly 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.
Bowling Green, 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 47833 (Bowling Green)
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 3 contributions totaling $200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)