St. Joseph County, IN is a heavily populated and diverse county located in the northern part of Indiana. It is home to a variety of political views and candidates, who are all vying for the chance to represent their constituents and advance their causes. The two major political parties in St. Joseph County are the Republican Party and Democratic Party, and they both have numerous candidates seeking office at the local level. Public forums such as debates are held regularly to give citizens an opportunity to learn more about each candidate’s platform and views on key issues affecting St. Joseph County. Additionally, voting centers are set up for citizens to cast their ballots during elections, ensuring that every citizen's voice is heard. With a range of different opinions being voiced by each party's respective candidates, St. Joseph County residents have plenty of choices when it comes to expressing support or opposition for certain policies when it comes time to vote.
The political climate in 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
St. Joseph County, IN 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.
St. Joseph, 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 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 St. Joseph County, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,149 contributions totaling $1,767,788 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,928 contributions totaling $2,688,683 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $918 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)