Jasper is a small town with a population of about 10,000 located in Indiana's Dubois County. It is the county seat and has a rich political history. While no local political candidates currently live in Jasper, there are plenty of opportunities for residents to become involved in their local government. The local government consists of an elected mayor and five city council members who serve staggered four-year terms. All positions are open for election every two years. The current mayor is Mark Messmer, who was elected in 2018 and will be up for re-election in 2020. Council members are Phil Eckerle, Allen Hafner, Rickey Englert, Brenda Winternheimer and Jeanette Wiesner. Residents can get involved by attending City Council meetings or volunteering on committees such as the Tourism Commission and the Civil Service Board. There are also several organizations that promote civic engagement at the state level such as the League of Women Voters and Common Cause Indiana.
The political climate in Zip 47546 (Jasper, 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 47546 (Jasper, IN) is very conservative.
Jasper, 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.
Jasper, 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 47546 (Jasper)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 381 contributions totaling $46,207 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 517 contributions totaling $493,797 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $955 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)