Kingsford Heights, IN is a small town located near the Indiana-Michigan border. Although the town has a relatively small population, it has an active local political scene. The town is part of the St. Joseph County precinct and is represented by various county offices in addition to representatives from both state and federal government offices. During election season, many candidates from a variety of parties can be seen campaigning for their respective offices in Kingsford Heights. Local issues are important to residents here and they often show their support with volunteer work or donations to candidates they believe will represent them best. The people of Kingsford Heights have an important voice when it comes to politics and take their voting seriously as they understand the power it holds.
The political climate in Kingsford Heights, IN is leaning conservative.
LaPorte County, IN is leaning conservative. In LaPorte County, IN 45.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, LaPorte county remained moderately Republican, 52.5% to 45.3%.
LaPorte county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kingsford Heights, IN is leaning conservative.
LaPorte County, Indiana is leaning conservative.
Michigan City-La Porte Metro Area is leaning 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.
Kingsford Heights, Indiana: d d D D 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 Kingsford Heights, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $651 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)