The city of Holland, IN, is a small rural community located in Spencer County. This community is heavily focused on its local government and takes an active role in politics. The mayor, along with the city council, work closely with constituents to ensure the community’s needs are met and well represented. With an estimated population of 47541, voters in the area have taken part in several major elections throughout recent years, such as determining who will be their next governor or congressional representatives. Residents take pride in being engaged and informed about political matters that affect them. They celebrate their roles as active citizens in promoting responsible governance and making sure their voices are heard when they vote for local candidates seeking office.
The political climate in Zip 47541 (Holland, IN) is very conservative.
Dubois County, IN is very conservative. In Dubois County, IN 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dubois county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.9% to 28.9%.
Dubois county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47541 (Holland, IN) is very conservative.
Holland, Indiana is very conservative.
Dubois County, Indiana is very conservative.
Jasper Metro Area is very 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.
Holland, 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 47541 (Holland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43 contributions totaling $2,890 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $4,560 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)