Hammond, IN is a city in Lake County and is part of the Chicago Metropolitan area. It has a vibrant political scene featuring many elected officials and candidates from both major national parties. The city is represented by its mayor, Thomas McDermott Jr., who was re-elected in 2019 for a second term. In the Indiana General Assembly, Hammond is served by three state representatives and two state senators. On the federal level, Hammond is part of the 2nd Congressional District which is represented by Democrat Jackie Walorski. In 2020, Democratic candidate Calumet Township Trustee JT Cox challenged Representative Walorski for her seat but ultimately lost in the election. There are also numerous local political races within the city such as City Council and Township Board seats that are decided during municipal elections every four years.
The political climate in Hammond, IN is somewhat 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
Hammond, IN is somewhat 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.
Hammond, 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 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 Hammond, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,077 contributions totaling $67,490 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 236 contributions totaling $41,003 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)