Osgood, IN is a small town located in Ripley County with a population of approximately 1,700 people. Despite its small size, politics play an important role in the community and its future. Every two years, residents have the opportunity to vote for local political candidates that represent their interests in local government. These candidates provide Osgood citizens with representation on matters ranging from public safety and infrastructure to education and economic development. The town relies on these elected officials to be responsible stewards of taxpayer dollars while striving to improve quality of life in the community. With numerous committees and boards already established, such as the planning commission and park board, there is also ample opportunity for citizens to get involved in civic activities and help shape their own destiny.
The political climate in Zip 47037 (Osgood, 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 47037 (Osgood, IN) is very conservative.
Osgood, 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.
Osgood, 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 47037 (Osgood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 54 contributions totaling $2,073 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $4,545 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $379 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)