Rosedale, IN is a small town in Parke County with approximately 2,835 residents. The town is served by a mayor-council form of government, which means the mayor and town council are the governing body of the town. The current mayor is Robert Brier and the members of the council are Keith Vaughan, Martha Davenport, Linda Moats, Stacy Easley and John Campbell. The town focuses on creating a safe and welcoming atmosphere for its citizens. It works to ensure that there are plenty of services in place for all residents, including a library, parks and recreational activities. Additionally, Rosedale strives to create economic growth opportunities for local businesses. The politics in Rosedale are centered around activity that promotes the welfare of its citizens and works towards creating an even better place to live for future generations.
The political climate in Zip 47874 (Rosedale, IN) is very conservative.
Parke County, IN is very conservative. In Parke County, IN 21.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Parke county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.9% to 21.4%.
Parke county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47874 (Rosedale, IN) is very conservative.
Rosedale, Indiana is very conservative.
Parke 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.
Rosedale, 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 47874 (Rosedale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 35 contributions totaling $2,536 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $9,705 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,213 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)