Indian Village, IN is a small rural community of about 1000 people. Although the population is small, politics still play an important role in the day-to-day life of its citizens. The local government has a mayor and four council members who make decisions at regular meetings to keep the village running smoothly. Political debates also happen at these meetings with all of the different perspectives being heard and considered. Every two years, citizens get to choose from local political candidates who are running for mayor or for one of the four council seats. These elections give residents an opportunity to voice their opinions on various matters and make sure their needs are being addressed by the local government.
The political climate in Indian Village, IN is leaning liberal.
St. Joseph County, IN is leaning liberal. In St. Joseph County, IN 52.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Joseph county remained moderately Democratic, 52.0% to 46.1%.
St. Joseph county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Indian Village, IN is leaning liberal.
St. Joseph County, Indiana is leaning liberal.
South Bend-Mishawaka Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Indian Village, Indiana: d r D d d d
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 Indian Village, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,951 contributions totaling $113,114 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 219 contributions totaling $27,503 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)