The politics in 46706 Auburn, IN are centered around local government decisions. The city is run by a mayor and several city council members, all of whom are elected by the residents of Auburn. Residents have the opportunity to shape the future of the city through their participation in local elections for mayor and city council. Decisions regarding infrastructure, public safety, taxes, economic development, and other issues that affect the day-to-day lives of citizens in 46706 Auburn, IN can be made through their votes. Local politicians also work with state and federal representatives to ensure that necessary funding or assistance is provided to keep our community running efficiently.
The political climate in Zip 46706 (Auburn, IN) is strongly conservative.
DeKalb County, IN is very conservative. In DeKalb County, IN 25.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DeKalb county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.4% to 25.3%.
DeKalb county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46706 (Auburn, IN) is strongly conservative.
Auburn, Indiana is strongly conservative.
DeKalb County, Indiana is very conservative.
Auburn 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.
Auburn, 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 46706 (Auburn)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 264 contributions totaling $23,896 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 179 contributions totaling $83,918 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $469 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)