Owensville, IN is a small, rural town located in 47665 zip code. Despite its size, politics are still very important to the citizens of Owensville. The local government is composed of a mayor and five members of the city council, all of whom are elected by the community. These officials are responsible for making decisions about the future growth and development of Owensville. Every two years, citizens have an opportunity to cast their votes to decide who will represent them in local office. Community engagement is high during elections as citizens take part in public forums and debates to gain an understanding of each candidate's platform and what they can do for Owensville if elected.
The political climate in Zip 47665 (Owensville, IN) is very conservative.
Gibson County, IN is very conservative. In Gibson County, IN 24.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gibson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.1% to 24.9%.
Gibson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47665 (Owensville, IN) is very conservative.
Owensville, Indiana is very conservative.
Gibson 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.
Owensville, 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 47665 (Owensville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $3,780 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $2,515 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $279 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)