The city of Waveland, IN 47989 is located in Montgomery County. It is a small town with a population of about 800 people. Waveland has a long history of being a closely knit community and prides itself on community involvement. All local politics are centered around the City Council, which consists of five members elected to serve four year terms. The council makes decisions regarding the budget for the city and implements changes that best serve its citizens. Additionally, they make decisions pertaining to infrastructure projects, land use regulations, and other important issues facing the town. The council takes into account public opinion when making decisions and encourages citizens to join in local politics and be involved in their community. Local political candidates are focused on ensuring the well-being of Waveland by offering their ideas on how to maintain its small town charm while adapting to new developments.
The political climate in Zip 47989 (Waveland, IN) is very conservative.
Montgomery County, IN is very conservative. In Montgomery County, IN 24.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.6% to 24.5%.
Montgomery county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47989 (Waveland, IN) is very conservative.
Waveland, Indiana is very conservative.
Montgomery County, Indiana is very conservative.
Crawfordsville 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.
Waveland, 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 47989 (Waveland)
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 9 contributions totaling $550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)