Fort Branch, IN is located in Gibson county and is part of the larger Evansville metropolitan area. It is a small town with an estimated population of just over 2,000 people. The local politics in Fort Branch are governed by the Mayor-Council system of government, which consists of a mayor elected at-large from the community and four council members who are elected from each of the city's wards. The mayor and council members work together to make decisions on issues such as taxes, budgets, economic development, public safety and infrastructure projects. The people of Fort Branch take their civic duties seriously and participate actively in local elections to ensure that their voices are heard. They also understand the importance of working together for the betterment of their community and strive to ensure that everyone has an equal say in how their town is run.
The political climate in Zip 47648 (Fort Branch, IN) is very conservative.
Gibson County, IN is very conservative. In Gibson County, IN 24.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gibson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.1% to 24.9%.
Gibson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47648 (Fort Branch, IN) is very conservative.
Fort Branch, Indiana is very conservative.
Gibson 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.
Fort Branch, 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 47648 (Fort Branch)
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 32 contributions totaling $2,058 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)