The city of Plainfield, IN located in the zip code 46168 is a vibrant and diverse community. Politically, the city is home to citizens from a variety of backgrounds. Residents in this area support many different candidates for public office that represent their views and values. The political climate in Plainfield has seen some changes in recent years with many citizens now actively engaging in local elections for their preferred candidates. Local politicians are working hard to listen to residents’ concerns, advocate for their interests, and ensure that all voices are heard. As a result, voters have increased confidence in their elected officials and the democratic process as a whole.
The political climate in Zip 46168 (Plainfield, IN) is moderately conservative.
Hendricks County, IN is strongly conservative. In Hendricks County, IN 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hendricks county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 36.8%.
Hendricks county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46168 (Plainfield, IN) is moderately conservative.
Plainfield, Indiana is moderately conservative.
Hendricks County, Indiana is strongly 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.
Plainfield, 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 46168 (Plainfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 397 contributions totaling $47,406 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 311 contributions totaling $77,330 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $249 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)