Petersburg, IN 47567 is an unincorporated community located in Pike County. It is a predominantly rural area with a population of around 2,700 residents. Despite its small size, Petersburg plays a major role in local politics. The town elects representatives to attend the county commission meetings and comes together to vote on issues that directly affect their lives. Local citizens also come together to select candidates for offices such as state representative and county sheriff. Residents of the town can participate in politics by attending local meetings hosted by organizations and individuals related to political causes and attending political events held by their representatives in order to make their voices heard. In addition, they can express their opinion on local issues by casting their votes during elections both locally and nationally. With such dedication and involvement from citizens, Petersburg remains an important factor in the political scene of Pike County.
The political climate in Zip 47567 (Petersburg, IN) is very conservative.
Pike County, IN is very conservative. In Pike County, IN 22.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pike county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.4% to 22.7%.
Pike county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47567 (Petersburg, IN) is very conservative.
Petersburg, Indiana is very conservative.
Pike County, Indiana is very conservative.
Jasper Metro Area is very 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.
Petersburg, 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 47567 (Petersburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 38 contributions totaling $2,474 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $3,825 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $319 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)