Huntington, IN County is a vibrant, diverse community with an active political scene. The County has a number of organizations and individuals that are engaged in local decision making and advocating for the needs of the county. Local politics involve issues such as economic development, health care, education, public safety and infrastructure. Residents have the opportunity to participate in local government activities through public hearings held by the city council or county commissioners. Additionally, there are many opportunities for residents to get involved in local campaigns and elections by volunteering or donating to their candidate of choice. The County encourages civic engagement and involvement from all its citizens so they may have a voice in shaping their county's future.
The political climate in Huntington County, IN is very conservative.
In Huntington County, IN 23.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Huntington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.6% to 23.8%.
Huntington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Huntington County, IN is very conservative.
Huntington Metro Area is very 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.
Huntington, 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 Huntington County, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 435 contributions totaling $39,141 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 540 contributions totaling $225,190 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $417 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)