The politics in Tell City, IN 47586 are heavily impacted by the Indiana Republican Party. The Indiana state legislature has majority Republican representation. It is important to note that local elections, such as for mayor and city council members, are always nonpartisan and don't involve choosing candidates affiliated with any party. As such, decisions made by elected officials tend to be based on what best serves the community rather than by political ideology. In addition to the Republican-majority legislature, Indiana is represented in Congress by two Republican senators and seven representatives. Overall, it can be seen that politics in Tell City are largely influenced by the Indiana Republican Party.
The political climate in Zip 47586 (Tell City, IN) is moderately conservative.
Perry County, IN is strongly conservative. In Perry County, IN 36.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Perry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.2% to 36.7%.
Perry county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47586 (Tell City, IN) is moderately conservative.
Tell City, Indiana is moderately conservative.
Perry County, Indiana is strongly 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.
Tell City, Indiana: d r D D 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 47586 (Tell City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 307 contributions totaling $38,711 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $37,505 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $735 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)