Bass Lake, IN is a small rural town located in the heart of Indiana. Although it has a small population of around 3,500 residents, the politics in Bass Lake are still an important factor to its citizens. Local elections are very popular among the townspeople and there are several local political candidates who offer their services for various roles and positions. The candidates typically put forth proposals and platforms based on the needs of the community and work hard to ensure transparency with all decisions made on behalf of Bass Lake. As a result, citizens in Bass Lake take great pride in their local government and feel confident that their voices are being heard when it comes to political issues.
The political climate in Bass Lake, IN is very conservative.
Starke County, IN is very conservative. In Starke County, IN 25.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Starke county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.4% to 25.7%.
Starke county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bass Lake, IN is very conservative.
Starke 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.
Bass Lake, Indiana: r r d 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 Bass Lake, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 512 contributions totaling $61,575 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 367 contributions totaling $93,512 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $255 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)