Marion County, Indiana is a large and diverse county with a population of over 900,000 people. It is located in central Indiana and includes the cities of Indianapolis, Beech Grove, Speedway, Lawrence, Southport, and many more. Marion County politics are largely controlled by the Republican Party who have held a majority of seats on the City-County Council since 2002. The two most prominent local political figures that represent Marion County are Mayor Joe Hogsett and U.S. Representative Andre Carson. In addition to the major offices held by Republicans, there are several county-level elected offices including Auditor of Accounts, Clerk of Courts, Coroner, Judge of Probate Court No 1 and Recorder among others. Each year elections are held for these offices which govern how county affairs are managed and how services such as law enforcement and public health are provided to residents. Residents in Marion County have access to high quality political representation through their local representatives as well as national leaders like Congressman Carson who helps ensure that their needs are met within both federal and state policies.
The political climate in Marion County, IN is strongly liberal.
In Marion County, IN 63.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.3% to 34.3%.
Marion county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marion County, IN is strongly liberal.
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson 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.
Marion, Indiana: r d 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Marion County, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 35,963 contributions totaling $6,250,152 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9,855 contributions totaling $9,991,261 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,014 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)