Knox, Indiana is located in Starke County and is home to around 3,000 people. As a small community, politics can have a big impact on the residents of Knox. The residents of Knox are served by their local government which consists of three trustees and the mayor. The trustees are elected to four-year terms and the mayor is elected to a two-year term. The current mayor of Knox is Robert Harker who was first elected in 2016. During his tenure, Mayor Harker has worked to improve public safety, encourage business development, and create jobs for local residents. Other key political figures in Starke County include the county commissioners, sheriff, auditor, treasurer, clerk-recorder, judge-executive and assessor. All these officials serve as representatives of the people of Knox ensuring that their voices are heard at the county level. Overall, politics in Knox are focused on making sure that all citizens feel safe and that their interests are represented at both the local and county level.
The political climate in Knox, IN is moderately 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
Knox, IN is moderately 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.
Knox, 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 Knox, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 164 contributions totaling $20,135 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 121 contributions totaling $30,784 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $254 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)