Jeffersonville, Indiana is located in Clark County and has a population of nearly 46,000 people. The city is served by the Democratic and Republican Parties as well as by independent candidates. Local elections are held every four years for mayor, city councilors, clerk-treasurer, county commissioners, board of public works and safety members, as well as other offices. Every election cycle brings competitive races that attract top talent to serve the citizens of Jeffersonville. Issues such as education, infrastructure, quality of life and economic development are typically discussed during local campaigns. The elected officials focus on improving the community through fiscal responsibility and collaboration with state and federal government agencies to ensure services and resources are provided to the citizens of Jeffersonville.
The political climate in Zip 47130 (Jeffersonville, IN) is somewhat conservative.
Clark County, IN is moderately conservative. In Clark County, IN 39.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clark county remained very strongly Republican, 58.0% to 39.8%.
Clark county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47130 (Jeffersonville, IN) is somewhat conservative.
Jeffersonville, Indiana is somewhat conservative.
Clark County, Indiana is moderately 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.
Jeffersonville, 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 47130 (Jeffersonville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,356 contributions totaling $104,731 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 554 contributions totaling $518,544 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $936 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)