The town of 47885 West Terre Haute, IN is a small rural community located in the southwestern corner of Indiana. It is predominantly Republican, with 70% of registered voters having voted for President Donald J. Trump in 2016. The local political landscape is dominated by traditional conservative values and Christian ideals. Local elections often center around issues related to education, taxes and infrastructure investment and development. Candidates running for office must demonstrate a commitment to fiscal responsibility and prudent decision making in order to be successful at the polls. Though the town does not have any well-known political figures, its residents are deeply engaged in their local politics with many attending meetings and getting involved in local campaigns.
The political climate in Zip 47885 (West Terre Haute, IN) is moderately conservative.
Vigo County, IN is somewhat conservative. In Vigo County, IN 41.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Vigo county remained strongly Republican, 56.2% to 41.5%.
Vigo county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47885 (West Terre Haute, IN) is moderately conservative.
West Terre Haute, Indiana is moderately conservative.
Vigo County, Indiana is somewhat conservative.
Terre Haute Metro Area is strongly 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.
West Terre Haute, Indiana: r 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 47885 (West Terre Haute)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 47 contributions totaling $4,196 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)