The small town of Wakarusa, Indiana (zip code 46573) is home to a diverse population of about 1,500 people. Located in Elkhart County, Wakarusa is a part of Indiana's 6th congressional district and is represented by Jackie Walorski in the United States House of Representatives. In the state legislature, Wakarusa is serviced by Senator Blake Doriot in State Senate District 13 and Representative Tim Neese in State House District 49. Though Wakarusa may not have a local political candidate running for office at this time, its residents remain active participants in their government and local issues. From taking part in community meetings to voting during election season, citizens of Wakarusa are engaged with the politics that affect them on a daily basis.
The political climate in Zip 46573 (Wakarusa, IN) is strongly conservative.
Elkhart County, IN is strongly conservative. In Elkhart County, IN 35.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Elkhart county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 35.0%.
Elkhart county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46573 (Wakarusa, IN) is strongly conservative.
Wakarusa, Indiana is strongly conservative.
Elkhart County, Indiana is strongly conservative.
Elkhart-Goshen Metro Area is strongly 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.
Wakarusa, 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 zip 46573 (Wakarusa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 105 contributions totaling $5,712 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $8,418 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)