Charlestown in 47111 is a small town located in Clark County, Indiana. The local politics here are dominated by the Democratic Party, and there are a number of different local political candidates running for office in upcoming elections. These candidates all have their own individual platforms that they believe best fit the needs of the community. One major issue impacting the area is economic development and job growth, but other important issues include health care, education, energy, transportation, public safety and infrastructure. Each candidate has their own vision on how these topics should be addressed and it is up to the voters to decide who will lead the charge to make positive change in this area.
The political climate in Zip 47111 (Charlestown, IN) is moderately conservative.
Clark County, IN is moderately conservative. In Clark County, IN 39.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clark county remained very strongly Republican, 58.0% to 39.8%.
Clark county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47111 (Charlestown, IN) is moderately conservative.
Charlestown, Indiana is moderately conservative.
Clark County, Indiana is moderately conservative.
Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Area is leaning 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.
Charlestown, 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 47111 (Charlestown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 237 contributions totaling $17,148 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 85 contributions totaling $19,625 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)