Anderson, Indiana is located in the heart of Madison County and is home to close to 57,000 residents. The central hub of the county, Anderson has a long history of local politics that dates back to the mid-1800s. Today, its City Council is composed of six members who are all elected by the citizens of Anderson every four years. The Council is responsible for overseeing the management and operation of municipal services such as water, sanitation, public safety services, infrastructure development and maintenance, and social welfare programs. Local political candidates run for office with different platforms each election cycle in order to serve their constituents’ best interests. The current Mayor is Kevin Satterfield while the City Clerk is Terri Coats. Anderson continues to maintain an active presence in regional politics with initiatives like school board seats on the Madison County School Corporation board as well as working closely with other Indiana cities on issues such as economic development and environmental protection.
The political climate in Zip 46011 (Anderson, IN) is moderately conservative.
Madison County, IN is moderately conservative. In Madison County, IN 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.2% to 37.6%.
Madison county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46011 (Anderson, IN) is moderately conservative.
Anderson, Indiana is moderately conservative.
Madison County, Indiana is moderately conservative.
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Anderson, Indiana: r R d 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 46011 (Anderson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 170 contributions totaling $20,057 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 271 contributions totaling $181,569 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $670 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)