Kokomo, IN is a city with a long and rich history of political engagement. The current mayor, Greg Goodnight, has been in office since 2000 and has strived to improve the quality of life for Kokomo-ites. He has focused his efforts on public safety, infrastructure development, economic development, and educational opportunities. Local residents have taken part in several initiatives to ensure that their voices are heard by leaders in local government. Political candidates from both major parties regularly hold events throughout the city to reach out to voters and discuss their stances on important issues facing the city. In addition to these efforts, citizens have also held protests and other forms of civil disobedience to draw attention to the issues they care about most. Through these civic actions, Kokomo residents are making sure that their voices are heard by their elected officials in order to promote positive change within their community.
The political climate in Kokomo, IN is somewhat conservative.
Howard County, IN is very conservative. In Howard County, IN 32.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Howard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 32.7%.
Howard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kokomo, IN is somewhat conservative.
Howard County, Indiana is very conservative.
Kokomo Metro Area 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.
Kokomo, 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 Kokomo, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,656 contributions totaling $242,865 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,016 contributions totaling $426,831 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)