Mishawaka, IN is an active political community located in St. Joseph County. The city has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor and nine council members elected for four year terms. The city is served by a number of state representatives in both the Indiana House and Senate. Mishawaka residents are strongly encouraged to participate in the political process through local elections, voting on proposed ordinances, attending public meetings, and engaging with their elected officials on important policy issues. In addition, the city provides a range of public services such as police protection, fire protection, park maintenance and recreation programming. Local organizations such as Mishawaka Political Action Committee (PAC) also provide support for causes that benefit the whole community. As such, politics in Mishawaka plays an important role in creating a safe and vibrant environment for all its residents.
The political climate in Mishawaka, IN is leaning liberal.
St. Joseph County, IN is leaning liberal. In St. Joseph County, IN 52.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Joseph county remained moderately Democratic, 52.0% to 46.1%.
St. Joseph county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mishawaka, IN is leaning liberal.
St. Joseph County, Indiana is leaning liberal.
South Bend-Mishawaka Metro Area is leaning 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.
Mishawaka, Indiana: d r D d d d
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 Mishawaka, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,152 contributions totaling $1,482,477 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,515 contributions totaling $4,626,769 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,316 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)