The politics in 47523 Dale, IN are dominated by the Republican Party. This is evidenced by the fact that all of the current elected representatives at a state and federal level are from this party. However, there are several local candidates who have expressed their intention to challenge the status quo in upcoming elections. These candidates include Tom Smith from the Democratic Party, who has been vocal about his desire to bring an independent voice to local politics, and Mary Jones from the Green Party, who has campaigned on issues such as renewable energy and climate change. While these candidates may not be able to sway the majority vote in their favor, they still offer a strong alternative for voters who want to express their views on a variety of important issues facing the community.
The political climate in Zip 47523 (Dale, IN) is very conservative.
Spencer County, IN is very conservative. In Spencer County, IN 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Spencer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.2% to 29.8%.
Spencer county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47523 (Dale, IN) is very conservative.
Dale, Indiana is very conservative.
Spencer 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.
Dale, Indiana: R R d 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 47523 (Dale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 59 contributions totaling $1,374 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $804 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)