The small town of Roachdale, IN, situated in the state’s Putnam County, is a tight-knit community of nearly 800 people. Local politics take place in city council meetings, where the mayor and four other council members deliberate on matters regarding the town's finances and future. Recently, the citizens of Roachdale have elected a new mayor that has promised to make improvements to infrastructure and public services. The city council also debates over local zoning ordinances that determine how land can be used within the community. With a low crime rate and strong sense of community spirit, Roachdale is a great place to live for its residents.
The political climate in Zip 46172 (Roachdale, IN) is very conservative.
Putnam County, IN is very conservative. In Putnam County, IN 23.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Putnam county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.0% to 23.8%.
Putnam county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46172 (Roachdale, IN) is very conservative.
Roachdale, Indiana is very conservative.
Putnam County, Indiana is very 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.
Roachdale, 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 46172 (Roachdale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $310 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $1,971 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)