The small town of New Harmony, Indiana is located in Posey County and is home to around 813 residents. Its political landscape is similar to many other rural towns in the area, with representatives mainly belonging to the Republican Party. Just like many other communities there are different levels of government that work together to represent the needs of New Harmony. At the county level, Posey County is represented by a three-member Board of Commissioners who help create and enforce laws applicable to all residents. At a state level, lawmakers from Indiana’s 64th district serve as senators and representatives in Indianapolis who help shape policies for the entire state. On a national level, those living in 47631 are represented by congressman Larry Buschon who works alongside fellow Hoosier legislators to bring federal funds and resources back into their congressional districts. Even though local politicians may change from time to time, it’s important for everyone in New Harmony to stay up-to-date on current issues so they can make informed decisions when voting for their next representative.
The political climate in Zip 47631 (New Harmony, IN) is very conservative.
Posey County, IN is very conservative. In Posey County, IN 28.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Posey county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.6% to 28.8%.
Posey county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47631 (New Harmony, IN) is very conservative.
New Harmony, Indiana is very conservative.
Posey County, Indiana is very conservative.
Evansville Metro Area is moderately 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.
New Harmony, 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 47631 (New Harmony)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 46 contributions totaling $1,304 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $4,065 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)