Hamlet, IN is a small town in Indiana with a population of about 880 people. It is governed by a town council consisting of five councillors elected by the town's citizens. The current mayor of Hamlet is John Smith, who has been in office since 2019. Town Council meetings are open to the public and held on the second Monday of each month. Recently, there have been some changes to the council which have caused some controversy among local residents. Some object to certain decisions that have been made and others feel that their voices are not being heard. As such, there is an ongoing discussion regarding how town politics should be conducted and how citizens can get involved in the decision-making process.
The political climate in Hamlet, IN is strongly conservative.
Starke County, IN is very conservative. In Starke County, IN 25.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Starke county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.4% to 25.7%.
Starke county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hamlet, IN is strongly conservative.
Starke County, Indiana 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.
Hamlet, Indiana: r r d 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 Hamlet, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $342 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $3,400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)