Upland, IN is a small town in the Midwest with a population of around 12,000 people. It is a largely rural area, but has some manufacturing and agricultural industries that keep the economy humming. When it comes to politics, the town tends to lean towards conservative values and candidates from both major parties are present in local elections. The town's mayor is a Republican and most of its city council members are Republicans as well. Other elected officials are usually Republicans as well, so Upland tends to vote more along conservative party lines in local elections. However, there have been some recent changes with Democrats winning some seats on the city council due to increased engagement from progressive voters in recent years.
The political climate in Upland, IN is somewhat conservative.
Grant County, IN is very conservative. In Grant County, IN 29.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.1% to 29.4%.
Grant county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Upland, IN is somewhat conservative.
Grant County, Indiana is very conservative.
Marion 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.
Upland, 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 Upland, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 145 contributions totaling $18,427 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $6,630 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $603 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)