Wolcottville, IN is a small town located in LaGrange County. It's a quiet place with an estimated population of 1,200 people and is well-known for its quaintness and rural atmosphere. Though the town itself doesn't have much in the way of politics, there are many state and national political candidates whose names are familiar to the local residents. Senator Joe Donnelly and Representative Jackie Walorski are two such politicians who enjoy wide name recognition among the citizens of Wolcottville. While discussion of these candidates' platforms can be heard throughout the community, politics rarely take center stage in this otherwise peaceful slice of Indiana.
The political climate in Wolcottville, IN is very conservative.
Noble County, IN is very conservative. In Noble County, IN 24.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Noble county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.9% to 24.2%.
Noble county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wolcottville, IN is very conservative.
Noble 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.
Wolcottville, 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 Wolcottville, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 80 contributions totaling $3,666 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 118 contributions totaling $28,050 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $238 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)