Laketon, IN is an active and vibrant community that takes great pride in its political engagement. Each election cycle, local residents come out to research candidates and make informed decisions on who best represents their interests. The town is divided up into several congressional districts with a range of party affiliation. Every two years, Laketon celebrates the new and returning officials elected to represent them at the state and federal level. In addition to the regular elections, Laketon also has several active committees that work hard to ensure local policies are reflective of the community’s diverse values. Through their collective efforts, Laketon remains an inclusive and progressive town where all voices can be heard.
The political climate in Laketon, IN is strongly conservative.
Wabash County, IN is very conservative. In Wabash County, IN 23.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wabash county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.7% to 23.9%.
Wabash county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Laketon, IN is strongly conservative.
Wabash County, Indiana is very conservative.
Wabash 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.
Laketon, 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 Laketon, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 371 contributions totaling $23,387 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 95 contributions totaling $103,545 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,090 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)