Cross Plains, IN 47017 is a small town in Decatur County with a population of about 600 people. Its government consists of an elected three-member town council that works together to manage the town's budget and make decisions about local matters. The town council meets regularly and is responsible for ensuring public safety, maintaining roads and sidewalks, issuing building permits, sets tax rates, and more. The current members of the Cross Plains town council are Mary Brown, John Smith, and Steven Smith. They have all served on the council for multiple terms and continue to work hard to ensure the community remains safe and economically prosperous.
The political climate in Zip 47017 (Cross Plains, IN) is very conservative.
Ripley County, IN is very conservative. In Ripley County, IN 19.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ripley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.8% to 19.4%.
Ripley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47017 (Cross Plains, IN) is very conservative.
Cross Plains, Indiana is very conservative.
Ripley 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.
Cross Plains, 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 47017 (Cross Plains)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $425 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)