La Paz, IN is an unincorporated community in Rochester Township, Starke County, Indiana. Located in north-central Indiana, La Paz serves as a rural retreat for many of its inhabitants. The town is represented by the Indiana House of Representatives district 20 and state senate district 8. Local government services are provided by the Starke County Council and local elections are held every 4 years. The councilmembers are responsible for enacting laws that benefit the citizens within their jurisdiction and provide necessary services like water, sanitation, public safety, infrastructure maintenance and more. Local representatives often attend events organized by the citizens to hear their concerns and address them in a timely manner. La Paz also has a mayor who presides over local matters such as taxes and public works projects as well as coordinates with neighboring towns on matters of mutual interest. Voting is encouraged among La Paz's residents and encourages civic engagement in order to ensure that everyone's voice is heard in local politics.
The political climate in La Paz, IN is very conservative.
Marshall County, IN is very conservative. In Marshall County, IN 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marshall county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.4% to 28.6%.
Marshall county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
La Paz, IN is very conservative.
Marshall County, Indiana is very conservative.
Plymouth 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.
La Paz, 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 La Paz, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 790 contributions totaling $14,428 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 161 contributions totaling $36,992 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $230 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)