The politics of 47408 Bloomington, IN are mainly influenced by the Democratic Party. This is because the city has a large student population from Indiana University, and students tend to favor Democratic candidates. The City of Bloomington also has its own local government, headed by Mayor John Hamilton who is part of the Democratic Party. Additionally, there are two congressional districts in the area that elect representatives to Congress on a regular basis: District 9 and District 8. Both districts are currently represented by Democrats. In terms of state governance, Indiana’s governor is Republican Eric Holcomb; however, the state legislature has been historically dominated by Democrats. The city also hosts numerous political events throughout the year that give citizens an opportunity to engage directly with their elected officials and local candidates as they discuss their campaigns and platforms for public office.
The political climate in Zip 47408 (Bloomington, IN) is moderately liberal.
Monroe County, IN is strongly liberal. In Monroe County, IN 63.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.1% to 34.9%.
Monroe county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47408 (Bloomington, IN) is moderately liberal.
Bloomington, Indiana is moderately liberal.
Monroe County, Indiana is strongly liberal.
Bloomington Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Bloomington, Indiana: r d D D D 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 zip 47408 (Bloomington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,017 contributions totaling $393,127 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 233 contributions totaling $128,125 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $550 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)