Michigan City, IN is a vibrant city located on the southern shore of Lake Michigan. It has a long and storied political history, with the roots of its government dating back to 1836 when it was incorporated. Today, the city maintains an active political presence, with various political organizations and events taking place throughout the year. Michigan City's City Hall is the center for all local government operations, including elections and meetings of elected officials. On the national level, Michigan City residents are represented in Congress by three members of the U.S House Of Representatives. Numerous community activists are also active in promoting issues important to Michigan City residents such as education reform and infrastructure investments. With an engaged citizenry and meaningful dialogue between citizens and their representatives, Michigan City remains a model for democracy today.
The political climate in Michigan City, IN is leaning liberal.
LaPorte County, IN is leaning conservative. In LaPorte County, IN 45.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, LaPorte county remained moderately Republican, 52.5% to 45.3%.
LaPorte county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Michigan City, IN is leaning liberal.
LaPorte County, Indiana is leaning conservative.
Michigan City-La Porte 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.
Michigan City, Indiana: d d D D 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Michigan City, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,572 contributions totaling $309,948 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 680 contributions totaling $237,378 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $349 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)