Schererville, IN is a small town located in the heart of Lake County. It is home to a diverse population of about 30,000 people. Despite its small size, Schererville has an active political landscape. The town is represented by various local and state politicians who regularly attend public forums and events. These include representatives from the Indiana House of Representatives and Senate, along with representatives for the county’s congressional district. On the municipal level, Schererville has an elected Town Council that meets regularly to discuss issues concerning the town's economic development, infrastructure projects and other related topics. Through these meetings, citizens are able to voice their concerns and perspectives on different issues affecting local policy and government decisions. The Town Council also works closely with local organizations such as schools, churches, businesses and nonprofits to ensure that resources are being utilized efficiently and fairly among all sectors of Schererville's population.
The political climate in Schererville, IN is leaning liberal.
Lake County, IN is somewhat liberal. In Lake County, IN 56.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.7% to 41.6%.
Lake county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Schererville, IN is leaning liberal.
Lake County, Indiana is somewhat liberal.
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metro Area is very 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.
Schererville, Indiana: D D 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 Schererville, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,615 contributions totaling $430,278 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,645 contributions totaling $609,146 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $370 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)