The town of Georgetown, Indiana, located in Floyd County, is an important part of the local political landscape. With a population of approximately 7,500 people, the small town has a vibrant and active political community that takes great pride in their local representatives. Local candidates are chosen by residents in municipal elections on election day every four years. The most recent election saw the re-election of Ronald Parks as mayor and Edward Hartley as city councilman. Georgetown is home to many registered voters who take their civic duties seriously and show up to the polls in large numbers. There is also a strong presence from local businesses who are actively engaged in the electoral process and support their preferred candidates. All political parties have an active voice in Georgetown, with Democrats holding a notable majority in the city council. The local government works hard to ensure that all citizens are equal stakeholders in their community鈥檚 future and are given access to representative representation regardless of party affiliation or personal beliefs.
The political climate in Zip 47122 (Georgetown, IN) is moderately conservative.
Floyd County, IN is somewhat conservative. In Floyd County, IN 41.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Floyd county remained strongly Republican, 55.8% to 41.8%.
Floyd county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47122 (Georgetown, IN) is moderately conservative.
Georgetown, Indiana is moderately conservative.
Floyd County, Indiana is somewhat conservative.
Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Area is leaning 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.
Georgetown, 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 47122 (Georgetown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 285 contributions totaling $11,255 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 91 contributions totaling $19,847 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $218 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)