North Vernon, IN is a small midwestern town in Jennings County, located about 40 miles northwest of Indianapolis. Politically, the city has long been known as an area that tends to lean more towards the Republican party. The most recent mayoral election saw the re-election of Republican Mayor Harold Campbell to a fifth term. Other city offices are also held by Republicans including Clerk-Treasurer Gary Oakes and City Councilman Dennis Rector. North Vernon is served by three state representatives in the Indiana Assembly: Mike Braun (R), Thomas Washburne Jr (R) and Stephen Bartelsmeyer (R). All levels of government seek to ensure their constituents’ interests are well represented and protected.
The political climate in Zip 47265 (North Vernon, IN) is very conservative.
Jennings County, IN is very conservative. In Jennings County, IN 20.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jennings county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.5% to 20.6%.
Jennings county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47265 (North Vernon, IN) is very conservative.
North Vernon, Indiana is very conservative.
Jennings County, Indiana is very conservative.
North Vernon 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.
North Vernon, 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 47265 (North Vernon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 172 contributions totaling $46,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $267 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 97 contributions totaling $27,958 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $288 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)