Orestes, IN (46063) is a small town in Madison County located about 20 miles northeast of Indianapolis. Although the population of Orestes is not large, there are still several local political figures that work hard to represent the community. On the county level, Representative Linda Lawson serves as Madison County’s representative in the Indiana House of Representatives. At the state level, Senator Jean Breaux represents the district containing Orestes in Indiana's State Senate. On a local level, Mayor Mary Johnson has been Mayor of Orestes since 2011 and is currently in her third term. The Town Council is made up of 6 members elected by residents from each ward and meet monthly to discuss issues affecting their constituents. All these representatives strive to make sure that residents of Orestes have their voices heard at both county and state levels.
The political climate in Zip 46063 (Orestes, IN) is moderately conservative.
Madison County, IN is moderately conservative. In Madison County, IN 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.2% to 37.6%.
Madison county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46063 (Orestes, IN) is moderately conservative.
Orestes, Indiana is moderately conservative.
Madison County, Indiana is moderately conservative.
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Orestes, Indiana: r R d 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 46063 (Orestes)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $475 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)