The town of Milan, IN (zip code 47031) is a small community located in Ripley County. The local government is comprised of a mayor and five town council members who represent the area and make decisions that are best for its citizens. Milan's mayor is currently Ashley M. Flux, who has held the position since 2016. The five town council members are Trey Bischoff, Rob Hardin, Joe Lengenfelder, Jerry Ritzert, and Keith Schleppenbach. All of these elected officials work together to ensure that the needs of all residents are met when it comes to infrastructure, safety services, parks and recreation programs, and education initiatives. In addition to local politics in Milan, Indiana citizens also have the opportunity to participate in state and federal elections on a regular basis.
The political climate in Zip 47031 (Milan, IN) is very conservative.
Ripley County, IN is very conservative. In Ripley County, IN 19.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ripley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.8% to 19.4%.
Ripley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47031 (Milan, IN) is very conservative.
Milan, Indiana is very conservative.
Ripley 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.
Milan, 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 47031 (Milan)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $4,398 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $400 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)