Rockport, Indiana is a small town located in Spencer County with a population of around 2,000 people. Despite its small size, the community of 47635 Rockport is active in local politics. The town has an elected mayor and six members of the city council who work together to ensure the needs of the citizens are met and the various issues facing the town are addressed. Local elections take place every two years and candidates from all sides come forward to represent their views and ideas on how to improve life in Rockport. Residents have access to a variety of political activities such as local debates, candidate forums, and rallies organized by political parties. With an engaged and informed electorate, 47635 Rockport is well-positioned to address challenges facing its citizens now and into the future.
The political climate in Zip 47635 (Rockport, IN) is very conservative.
Spencer County, IN is very conservative. In Spencer County, IN 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Spencer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.2% to 29.8%.
Spencer county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47635 (Rockport, IN) is very conservative.
Rockport, Indiana is very conservative.
Spencer 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.
Rockport, Indiana: R R d 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 47635 (Rockport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $1,095 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $6,919 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)