The politics of 47129 Clarksville, IN are largely influenced by the local voting population. Every election season, local candidates make their presence known in the community by attending public events and engaging with constituents. Candidates discuss policies and proposed solutions that they believe will improve the lives of the people in 47129 Clarksville, IN. From expanding educational opportunities to increasing access to healthcare, these candidates aim to ensure that everyone can benefit from their time in office. As citizens of 47129 Clarksville, it is important to stay informed about who is running for office and what issues they stand for so that we can best decide which candidate will best serve our interests.
The political climate in Zip 47129 (Clarksville, IN) is somewhat 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 47129 (Clarksville, IN) is somewhat conservative.
Clarksville, Indiana is somewhat 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.
Clarksville, 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 47129 (Clarksville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 478 contributions totaling $9,901 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $12,471 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)