La Porte, Indiana is a small city located in LaPorte County. It has a population of approximately 22,000 people and is a growing community with a rich history. Politics in LaPorte are focused on representing the city’s interests on the local, state and even federal level. The current mayor of LaPorte is Tom Dermody, who was elected to serve the city in 2019. On the state level, Senator John Broden and Representative Pat Boy represent the area in the Indiana General Assembly. At the federal level, Representatives Jackie Walorski and Jim Banks represent La Porte in Congress. All of these officials work hard to make sure that the needs of the citizens of LaPorte are met both locally and nationally.
The political climate in La Porte, 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
La Porte, 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.
La Porte, 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 La Porte, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,788 contributions totaling $259,436 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,548 contributions totaling $741,764 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $479 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)