French Lick, IN is a small town in the US state of Indiana with a population of 2,211. In terms of politics, the town leans heavily towards the Republican party. All four members on the French Lick Town Council are Republicans and there is a strong history of support for conservative candidates in local elections. The current mayor is Mark Davis, who has been serving since 2014. His main focus is to improve infrastructure and create jobs within the area. Recently he has supported initiatives such as tax breaks for businesses that take root in French Lick. Other initiatives include increased support for public education and providing resources to attract new families to the area. Overall, while there is strong Republican support in French Lick, all political parties are welcome to participate in local elections and have their voices heard.
The political climate in Zip 47432 (French Lick, IN) is very conservative.
Orange County, IN is very conservative. In Orange County, IN 25.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orange county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.7% to 25.1%.
Orange county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47432 (French Lick, IN) is very conservative.
French Lick, Indiana is very conservative.
Orange 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.
French Lick, 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 47432 (French Lick)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $8,939 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $288 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $10,286 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $343 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)