Branchville, Indiana is a quiet town in the 47514 zip code area that is largely governed at the local level. The politics of Branchville are mostly reflective of the conservative beliefs of the majority of its residents. Town decisions are made by a mayor and four council members who are each elected from one of four wards within Branchville. Elections occur every two years and all registered voters in Branchville can participate in the process to select their representatives. Issues such as infrastructure projects or budget decisions are typically discussed and voted on at town meetings which are open to all citizens to attend. Overall, government in Branchville runs smoothly with a spirit of collaboration amongst its elected officials.
The political climate in Zip 47514 (Branchville, IN) is strongly conservative.
Perry County, IN is strongly conservative. In Perry County, IN 36.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Perry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.2% to 36.7%.
Perry county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47514 (Branchville, IN) is strongly conservative.
Branchville, Indiana is strongly conservative.
Perry County, Indiana is strongly conservative.
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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.
Branchville, Indiana: d 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 47514 (Branchville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $546 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)