Sweetser, Indiana is located in Grant County and is a small rural town with a population of 1,408. The town is governed by the elected officials of the Town Council and the Mayor. These elected officials make decisions on how to best manage the town's finances, infrastructure, and community development initiatives. In terms of local politics, Sweetser is overwhelmingly Republican with most election results leaning heavily towards Republicans in statewide elections. The current mayor of Sweetser is Republican-aligned Cindy L. Bower who was elected in 2019 and will serve until 2022. Local residents have expressed their support for Bower’s leadership as she has proven to be an effective leader who works to ensure that the town's resources are allocated responsibly and efficiently while also advocating for economic growth and development projects throughout the area.
The political climate in Zip 46987 (Sweetser, IN) is very conservative.
Grant County, IN is very conservative. In Grant County, IN 29.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.1% to 29.4%.
Grant county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46987 (Sweetser, IN) is very conservative.
Sweetser, Indiana is very conservative.
Grant County, Indiana is very conservative.
Marion Metro Area is very 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.
Sweetser, 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 46987 (Sweetser)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $11,020 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,378 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $2,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $733 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)