The small town of 47465 Switz City, IN is a typical rural American community with a population of approximately 5,000 people. The politics in 47465 Switz City are largely conservative and focus on the local needs of the community. Every four years, local residents come together to elect a mayor and other city council members who will represent their interests in the decision-making process. These candidates must balance the needs of local residents with those of outside interests from larger towns and cities while ensuring responsible government actions. The town also has several state representatives and senators who work to ensure that the interests of 47465 Switz City are taken into consideration when decisions are made at the state level. In addition, 47465 Switz City residents often take part in community-wide discussions regarding current events in order to stay informed about what's happening both locally and nationally.
The political climate in Zip 47465 (Switz City, IN) is very conservative.
Greene County, IN is very conservative. In Greene County, IN 22.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greene county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.1% to 22.9%.
Greene county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47465 (Switz City, IN) is very conservative.
Switz City, Indiana is very conservative.
Greene 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.
Switz City, 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 47465 (Switz City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $375 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)