Tippecanoe County, Indiana is an area with a strong democratic presence and active political engagement. Many of the county's representatives in the state legislature are Democrats, and there is a large Democratic voter base in the county. People in Tippecanoe County are passionate about their political convictions, which drive debate among local candidates and keep citizens informed on current events. Candidates from both major parties often come to the county to hold rallies and meet with constituents. The people of Tippecanoe County have a long history of engaging in politics and are very interested in what their elected officials are doing for them.
The political climate in Tippecanoe County, IN is leaning liberal.
In Tippecanoe County, IN 48.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tippecanoe county flipped narrowly Democratic, 48.8% to 48.1%.
Tippecanoe county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tippecanoe County, IN is leaning liberal.
Lafayette-West Lafayette Metro Area is leaning 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.
Tippecanoe, Indiana: R R D r r 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 Tippecanoe County, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,064 contributions totaling $501,144 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,016 contributions totaling $779,791 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $387 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)