Whitley County, IN is an area that is known for its vibrant political landscape. With a range of local politicians from different parties, there is a wide variety of choices when it comes to voting. The county has multiple townships and cities who each put forward their own candidates for election to the offices in their respective jurisdictions. There are also numerous independent candidates who run campaigns on their own platform, giving residents additional options when it comes to selecting their preferred representative. Whitley County takes pride in its strong democratic tradition and consistently works to ensure fair representation for all of its citizens.
The political climate in Whitley County, IN is very conservative.
In Whitley County, IN 24.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Whitley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.1% to 24.1%.
Whitley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Whitley County, IN is very conservative.
Fort Wayne Metro Area is moderately 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.
Whitley, 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 Whitley County, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 311 contributions totaling $26,235 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 675 contributions totaling $167,791 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $249 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)