Dunkirk, IN is a small town located in Randolph County in East Central Indiana. Politically, Dunkirk has traditionally leaned towards the Republican party. The most recent municipal election saw all three of the local city council members elected as Republicans. On the state level, both of the representatives from Randolph County are Republican. At the federal level, the district that covers most of Dunkirk is represented by Republican Marlin Stutzman in Congress. Locally, voters have expressed desire for fiscal responsibility and limited government interference in their lives. As such, many politicians from Dunkirk have focused on these themes while campaigning for office and while representing constituents in the statehouse or Congress.
The political climate in Dunkirk, IN is strongly conservative.
Jay County, IN is very conservative. In Jay County, IN 22.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 22.8%.
Jay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dunkirk, IN is strongly conservative.
Jay 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.
Dunkirk, 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 Dunkirk, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $1,036 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $259 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $15,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,267 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)