The politics of 47016 Cedar Grove, IN are closely monitored by citizens in the community. It is an area with high levels of voter turnout and strong views on local issues. The town is represented in Congress by Joe Donnelly, a Democrat, while locally it is served by two members of the county鈥檚 board of commissioners, who are both Republicans. In addition to these representatives, the town also holds elections for mayor and town council members every four years. During each election cycle hundreds of local residents take part in political activities to ensure their voices are heard. Issues such as education, public safety, taxes, and economic development are debated among candidates from all sides of the aisle. Residents in 47016 Cedar Grove take their civic responsibility seriously and proudly support their elected officials to ensure they make decisions that best serve their constituents.
The political climate in Zip 47016 (Cedar Grove, IN) is very conservative.
Franklin County, IN is very conservative. In Franklin County, IN 17.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.6% to 17.8%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47016 (Cedar Grove, IN) is very conservative.
Cedar Grove, Indiana is very conservative.
Franklin County, Indiana is very 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.
Cedar Grove, 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 47016 (Cedar Grove)
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 15 contributions totaling $511 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)