The city of Palmyra, Indiana is located in the 47164 zip code and is governed by a Mayor and Town Council. The Mayor is elected to a four-year term, with the Council representing six wards that are elected to three-year terms. The current Mayor is Bob Farley, who has been in office since 2019. The Town Council consists of President Justin Welch, Vice President Megan Ralston and members Brenda Muir, Lacy Gallagher, John Campbell and Steve Enfield. Palmyra operates under the council-manager form of government with its manager being Doug Armstrong who was appointed in 2020. All of these officials work together to ensure that the citizens of Palmyra receive quality services including public safety, infrastructure maintenance and community development projects. Additionally, they strive to keep taxes low while also providing an excellent environment for businesses to thrive.
The political climate in Zip 47164 (Palmyra, IN) is very conservative.
Harrison County, IN is very conservative. In Harrison County, IN 26.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harrison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.0% to 26.4%.
Harrison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47164 (Palmyra, IN) is very conservative.
Palmyra, Indiana is very conservative.
Harrison County, Indiana is very conservative.
Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Area is leaning 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.
Palmyra, 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 47164 (Palmyra)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 226 contributions totaling $3,088 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $14 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $13,052 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $343 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)