Parker City, IN is located in the northern part of Indiana. It has a small population of around 6,000 people and is known for its rural, small-town charm. Politically, the city leans conservatively, with most voters favoring the Republican Party. This is reflected by the local political candidates who are running in the upcoming election. Currently, two Republicans are vying for the city’s mayoral seat: incumbent Mayor Joe Smith and challenger John Jenson. Both candidates have campaigned on similar platforms of tax relief and economic development while putting an emphasis on addressing public safety concerns in Parker City. As election day approaches, voters will have to decide which candidate will best represent their interests at the local level.
The political climate in Zip 47368 (Parker City, IN) is very conservative.
Randolph County, IN is very conservative. In Randolph County, IN 22.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Randolph county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.0% to 22.7%.
Randolph county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47368 (Parker City, IN) is very conservative.
Parker City, Indiana is very conservative.
Randolph 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.
Parker City, 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 47368 (Parker City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $185 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 48 contributions totaling $219,883 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $4,581 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)