The politics in 46307 Crown Point, Indiana are largely focused on the local level. The city is represented by several city council members and the Mayor of Crown Point who all serve to make decisions for the community. Local elections are held regularly to decide who will be elected and re-elected to these roles. The City of Crown Point is also part of Lake County and each election cycle citizens will also vote on local representatives to serve their interests in that larger government body. Issues that come up on a regular basis range from development projects, taxation, zoning laws, budgeting, and public safety initiatives. Residents have a say in the political process, so it is important for them to stay informed about upcoming elections and proposed legislation.
The political climate in Zip 46307 (Crown Point, 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
Zip 46307 (Crown Point, IN) is leaning liberal.
Crown Point, Indiana 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.
Crown Point, 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 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 zip 46307 (Crown Point)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,254 contributions totaling $121,347 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 506 contributions totaling $205,421 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $406 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)