Romney, Indiana is a small rural town located in Tippecanoe County. It is home to a population of just over 1,000 people. Although the city itself is not large, it still has an active and vibrant political landscape. Local politics are mainly managed by the Republican Party. Throughout the years, this has been reflected in their elected officials at all levels of government. Currently, both the mayor and town council are Republicans who are passionate about serving the community. On the county level, Tippecanoe County is represented by a strong Republican majority on the county council and in other elected offices as well. As such, Romney has seen significant progress during their time in office; improving infrastructure, increasing access to healthcare for citizens and implementing economic development initiatives that have created new jobs in the region.
The political climate in Zip 47981 (Romney, IN) is somewhat conservative.
Tippecanoe County, IN is leaning liberal. In Tippecanoe County, IN 48.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tippecanoe county flipped narrowly Democratic, 48.8% to 48.1%.
Tippecanoe county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47981 (Romney, IN) is somewhat conservative.
Romney, Indiana is somewhat conservative.
Tippecanoe County, Indiana is leaning liberal.
Lafayette-West Lafayette 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.
Romney, Indiana: R R D r r d
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 47981 (Romney)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $2,433 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $44 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)