Dublin, Indiana is located in Wayne County and is governed by a mayor-council type of government. The current Mayor of Dublin is Chad A. Cripe who was elected to the office in 2019. Other members of the city council include David Beach, Tammy Cook, Chad Carothers, and Robert Strine who work together to pass city ordinances and make policy decisions on behalf of the citizens of Dublin. All members are elected at-large according to their constituency's preferences.
The Mayor and Council have recently addressed issues such as increasing access to affordable housing, improving park amenities and public safety, and expanding economic development opportunities for residents and businesses alike. The City also has an active community engagement program that involves hosting regular town hall meetings where citizens can voice their concerns about local issues directly to their elected leaders. Additionally, Dublin offers a variety of volunteer opportunities through the local government that allow residents to get involved in their community in meaningful ways.
The political climate in Dublin, IN is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, IN is strongly conservative. In Wayne County, IN 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.5% to 34.4%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dublin, IN is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, Indiana is strongly conservative.
Richmond 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.
Dublin, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Dublin, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 96 contributions totaling $6,114 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $2,421 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)