Clinton, Indiana is a small town located in Vermillion County, with a population of around 2,000 people. It is governed by the Mayor and City Council, who are responsible for maintaining the services and infrastructure of the community. The Mayor and City Council are elected officials that represent the local citizens in deciding how best to serve their needs. Recently, the mayor and city council have been focused on public safety initiatives, road and infrastructure improvements, increasing tourism in the area, and providing economic development assistance to local businesses. Additionally, they have worked to foster an open dialogue between local citizens and their elected representatives as well as ensure transparency in government operations. With all these efforts combined, Clinton Indiana is continuing to strengthen its political representation to better serve its residents.
The political climate in Zip 47842 (Clinton, IN) is strongly conservative.
Vermillion County, IN is very conservative. In Vermillion County, IN 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Vermillion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.2% to 28.6%.
Vermillion county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47842 (Clinton, IN) is strongly conservative.
Clinton, Indiana is strongly conservative.
Vermillion County, Indiana is very conservative.
Terre Haute Metro Area is strongly 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.
Clinton, Indiana: d 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 47842 (Clinton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 152 contributions totaling $22,393 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $4,712 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)