LaPorte County is located in the state of Indiana and is a part of the Michiana area. The county seat is LaPorte, which is also the largest city in the region. It has a population of approximately 22,000 people. Politics in LaPorte County are dominated by the Republican Party. The Republican Party holds a majority of elected positions in local government, including two county commissioners, many township trustees and town council members, and one representative from each district on the County Council. Local candidates run for various offices throughout LaPorte County such as mayor and councilman in several of its cities and townships. The Republican Party also dominates within party lines with some Democrats running for various positions, usually against Republican incumbents. In addition to local and state politics, LaPorte County residents also participate in national elections each year. During presidential elections, this county typically favors Republican candidates over Democratic ones. Overall, politics in LaPorte County are heavily influenced by the Republican Party within a generally conservative environment.
The political climate in LaPorte County, IN is leaning conservative.
In LaPorte County, IN 45.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, LaPorte county remained moderately Republican, 52.5% to 45.3%.
LaPorte county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
LaPorte County, IN is leaning conservative.
Michigan City-La Porte 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.
LaPorte, Indiana: d d D D 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 LaPorte County, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,902 contributions totaling $255,680 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 797 contributions totaling $333,165 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $418 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)