Elkhart County is located in Northern Indiana, and has a population of over 200,000 people. Its politics lean heavily toward Republican candidates, though there are also many Democrats in the area. The Elkhart County Council consists of seven members who are elected to four-year terms. It works to ensure the county's needs are met through zoning regulations, budgetary decisions, and community development projects. There have been many notable political figures from Elkhart County, including current Governor Eric Holcomb and former State Senator Tom Wyss. In addition to local political figures, Elkhart County is home to several businesses and organizations that often come together to support local initiatives and initiatives of regional interest.
The political climate in Elkhart County, IN is strongly conservative.
In Elkhart County, IN 35.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Elkhart county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 35.0%.
Elkhart county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elkhart County, IN is strongly conservative.
Elkhart-Goshen Metro Area is strongly 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.
Elkhart, 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 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 Elkhart County, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,326 contributions totaling $310,032 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,224 contributions totaling $1,167,703 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $525 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)