Columbia City, IN is a small town located in northeastern Indiana. The local politics are mainly focused on supporting the community and its businesses, while also ensuring that the needs of each citizen are met. The city council is comprised of five members who are elected to two year terms by the citizens of Columbia City. The Mayor is also elected for a four-year term and works closely with the council to ensure that all decisions made are in everyone's best interest. Throughout the year, these elected officials hold meetings that are open to all residents so they can have their voices heard on important matters such as budgeting, zoning, and public safety initiatives. The political atmosphere in Columbia City is one where everyone's opinions and beliefs are respected and taken into consideration when decisions are being made.
The political climate in Columbia City, IN is strongly conservative.
Whitley County, IN is very conservative. In Whitley County, IN 24.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Whitley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.1% to 24.1%.
Whitley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Columbia City, IN is strongly conservative.
Whitley County, Indiana is very conservative.
Fort Wayne Metro Area is moderately 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.
Columbia City, 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 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 Columbia City, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 434 contributions totaling $35,602 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 978 contributions totaling $189,440 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)