The Terre Haute, IN Metro Area is part of Vigo County, which has a strong democratic voting record in recent years. The county is largely represented by Democratic representatives in the Indiana House and Senate. At the federal level, the area is served by Todd Young of the Republican Party and Joe Donnelly of the Democratic Party in the US Senate. In the US House of Representatives, Larry Buschon serves as a representative for Indiana’s 8th congressional district which includes Terre Haute. Locally, there are several notable political figures that work hard to ensure that Terre Haute is well represented at all levels of government. Mayor Duke Bennett serves as an advocate for local citizens and works with city council members to create policies that improve life for those living in Terre Haute. Furthermore, members of various boards and committees make sure that city residents have their voices heard when decisions concerning their community are made.
The political climate in Terre Haute Metro Area is strongly conservative.
In Terre Haute Metro Area 35.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Terre Haute metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 35.0%.
The Terre Haute metro area voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Terre Haute 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.
Terre Haute, Indiana: r R d 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Terre Haute Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,382 contributions totaling $292,630 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 815 contributions totaling $309,725 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $380 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)