Rensselaer, Indiana is a small town with a population of about 5,000 people. The city is home to a variety of local businesses and attractions that make it an attractive place to live and visit. Politically, Rensselaer is mainly represented by the Republican party at the state level. At the local level, there are several political candidates running for office in Rensselaer including: Larry Buschon (R-IN), Jim Baird (R-IN), Jackie Walorski (R-IN), and André Carson (D-IN). These candidates are all vying to represent Rensselaer in the U.S. House of Representatives. Each candidate has different views on important issues such as taxation, healthcare reform, immigration policy, and education reform that can be explored on their respective websites or through other sources. With so much diversity among these candidates, it is impossible to accurately predict who will come out ahead in this election cycle. Ultimately, it falls upon the citizens of Rensselaer to decide which candidate’s views best align with their own in order for them to cast an informed vote on Election Day.
The political climate in Rensselaer, IN is strongly conservative.
Jasper County, IN is very conservative. In Jasper County, IN 24.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jasper county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.6% to 24.5%.
Jasper county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rensselaer, IN is strongly conservative.
Jasper County, Indiana is very 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.
Rensselaer, 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 Rensselaer, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 92 contributions totaling $10,330 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $31,974 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $524 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)