Dune Acres, IN is a small town located on the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The community is known for its diverse outdoor activities such as hiking, biking, and swimming. Politically, Dune Acres leans to the left with many of its residents being registered Democrats. The town has a small local government consisting of five town council members who are elected every two years. All decisions regarding legislation affecting tax rates or zoning changes must be approved by the council and public officials are held accountable for their actions. There are no current political candidates running from Dune Acres but election season usually brings a flurry of activity in this quaint little town.
The political climate in Dune Acres, IN is somewhat conservative.
Porter County, IN is leaning conservative. In Porter County, IN 45.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Porter county remained moderately Republican, 51.9% to 45.8%.
Porter county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dune Acres, IN is somewhat conservative.
Porter County, Indiana is leaning conservative.
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metro Area is very liberal.
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.
Dune Acres, Indiana: r r 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 Dune Acres, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,202 contributions totaling $141,241 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 288 contributions totaling $85,465 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $297 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)