Fremont, IN is the seat of Steuben County and the home to a close-knit community of roughly 2,800 residents. The town takes civic engagement seriously and puts a great emphasis on local politics. The political process in Fremont is highly active with local representatives working hard to ensure that their constituents are well represented in county and state decisions. There are a variety of issues that the community is passionate about such as education funding, economic development, public safety, and environmental conservation. Local political candidates regularly campaign on these issues in an effort to be elected by Fremont’s voters. Each candidate works diligently to prove that they can best meet the needs of their constituents and make a positive difference for the people of Fremont.
The political climate in Fremont, IN is strongly conservative.
Steuben County, IN is very conservative. In Steuben County, IN 27.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Steuben county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.0% to 27.9%.
Steuben county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fremont, IN is strongly conservative.
Steuben County, Indiana is very conservative.
Angola 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.
Fremont, 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 Fremont, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 60 contributions totaling $6,494 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 112 contributions totaling $27,009 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $241 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)