Santa Claus, IN is a small town of 47579 people located in the beautiful state of Indiana. As such, it has local politics that affect its citizens on a daily basis. The main governing body of Santa Claus is the Town Council, which is comprised of seven members who serve in an at-large capacity. They are elected every four years and are responsible for making decisions that impact the whole town. The Town Council is currently led by Mayor Steve Thompson and Vice Mayor Angela Smith. In addition to the Town Council, there are also several other town boards appointed by the mayor such as the Planning and Zoning Commission and the Advisory Board. All of these political bodies work together to ensure that Santa Claus remains a vibrant and prosperous community for all its residents.
The political climate in Zip 47579 (Santa Claus, 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 47579 (Santa Claus, IN) is very conservative.
Santa Claus, 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.
Santa Claus, 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 47579 (Santa Claus)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 182 contributions totaling $14,818 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 101 contributions totaling $48,577 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $481 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)