Indiana State has a long history of political involvement and is home to many elected officials who are responsible for representing the state's interests in the United States Congress. Indiana has two senators, Todd Young and Mike Braun, who were both elected in 2018. The House of Representatives from Indiana is made up of nine members, all of whom are Republicans. The current governor of Indiana is Eric Holcomb, a Republican who was elected in 2016. In addition to federal representatives, Indiana has several statewide offices including clerk of state court, attorney general and secretary of state which are all held by Republicans. Many counties in Indiana also have local mayors and boards of commissioners that help to shape their respective communities. Overall, there is a large amount of political involvement in the state as citizens take part in voting and influencing their local government representatives.
The political climate in Indiana is somewhat conservative.
In Indiana 40.9% of the people voted for the Democratic Party in the last presidential election, 56.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted for an Independent Party.
In the last Presidential election, Indiana remained very strongly Republican, 56.9% to 40.9%.
Indiana voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Indiana, 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 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 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 Indiana
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 174,910 contributions totaling $35,395,936 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69,918 contributions totaling $37,791,472 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $541 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)