Plainville, IN is a small town located in Indiana with a population of just over 1,800 people. It is a typical rural farming community that holds its politics close to heart. Every election year the townspeople come out and vote for their local representatives who will be representing them at the state level. Most of Plainville鈥檚 residents tend to lean conservatively in their political views and have traditionally voted Republican for many years. They are dedicated to making sure that the laws and regulations passed by state politicians reflect their values and beliefs. In recent years, more independent candidates have surfaced in Plainville as well, giving the town an opportunity to make their voices heard at the state level as well.
The political climate in Plainville, IN is strongly conservative.
Daviess County, IN is very conservative. In Daviess County, IN 18.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Daviess county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.0% to 18.1%.
Daviess county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Plainville, IN is strongly conservative.
Daviess County, Indiana is very conservative.
Washington 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.
Plainville, 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 Plainville, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $1,750 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $438 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)