The politics in 47327 Cambridge City, IN are heavily influenced by state and national issues. The city is represented in the Indiana State legislature by Representative Tom Saunders of District 54. At the national level, 47327 Cambridge City is served by Senator Joe Donnelly in the U.S. Senate and Rep. Jim Banks in the U.S House of Representatives. Local political elections take place periodically for various offices, including mayor and city council members. In recent years, candidates from both major parties have sought to represent the people of Cambridge City at both the state and national levels; this has resulted in a lively political debate between citizens on a variety of topics such as taxes, education, health care, gun control, and economic development. While population data is not included here, it is estimated that 47327 Cambridge City has a population of approximately 2,800 people according to census data from 2019.
The political climate in Zip 47327 (Cambridge City, IN) is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, IN is strongly conservative. In Wayne County, IN 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.5% to 34.4%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47327 (Cambridge City, IN) is strongly conservative.
Cambridge City, Indiana is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, Indiana is strongly conservative.
Richmond 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.
Cambridge City, 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 47327 (Cambridge City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 92 contributions totaling $5,914 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $2,421 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)