The small town of Oakville, Indiana is an example of a rural community that prides itself on its strong sense of community and local politics. Although the population in Oakville is relatively small, the citizens take great interest in local elections. It’s not uncommon to see many campaigns taking place during election season with candidates from all backgrounds running for various positions within the government. Many of these candidates have lived in Oakville for decades and are familiar with the challenges and opportunities that exist within the community. The voters are engaged and carefully consider each candidate before casting their ballot, ensuring that only those who truly care about the town’s future will be elected into office. While Oakville has its own unique set of issues to address, it remains committed to finding solutions through thoughtful dialogue and collaboration among all parties involved.
The political climate in Zip 47367 (Oakville, IN) is moderately conservative.
Delaware County, IN is somewhat conservative. In Delaware County, IN 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Delaware county remained strongly Republican, 55.5% to 42.4%.
Delaware county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47367 (Oakville, IN) is moderately conservative.
Oakville, Indiana is moderately conservative.
Delaware County, Indiana is somewhat conservative.
Muncie Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Oakville, Indiana: r R D d 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 47367 (Oakville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)