Evansville, Indiana (47712) is a part of the Vanderburgh County and is governed by local elected officials. The current mayor of the city is Lloyd Winnecke, who was elected in 2011 and re-elected in 2015. The City Council consists of 9 members who are elected at large for a four year term in staggered elections. They look out for the town's best interest and make decisions about allocating funds to different departments as well as managing local taxes. Evansville has a strong community spirit that helps shape its politics, with citizens actively participating in neighborhood meetings to discuss local issues. Through their voices, residents help guide the Mayor and City Council to ensure that policies reflect the needs of the community.
The political climate in Zip 47712 (Evansville, IN) is leaning conservative.
Vanderburgh County, IN is somewhat conservative. In Vanderburgh County, IN 44.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Vanderburgh county remained moderately Republican, 53.9% to 44.3%.
Vanderburgh county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47712 (Evansville, IN) is leaning conservative.
Evansville, Indiana is leaning conservative.
Vanderburgh County, Indiana is somewhat conservative.
Evansville Metro Area is moderately 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.
Evansville, 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 47712 (Evansville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 152 contributions totaling $15,368 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 147 contributions totaling $29,229 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)