Fort Wayne, IN 46807 is one of the most populous cities in Indiana with a population of over 270,000 people. The local government is led by the Mayor, Tom Henry, who has been in office since 2008. The city council is also made up of nine at-large members who are elected every four years and are responsible for setting policy. In addition to the Mayor and City Council, there are other political offices which include state representatives, state senators and US representatives from Indiana's 3rd congressional district. Fort Wayne is a part of Allen County and the county government consists of three Commissioners who serve four-year terms. Fort Wayne has a strong sense of civic engagement as evidenced by its active voter turnout rate. In recent elections, Fort Wayne had some of the highest voter turnouts in Indiana with over 60% participating in some elections. This shows that citizens take their civic duty seriously and actively participate in politics within the city.
The political climate in Zip 46807 (Fort Wayne, IN) is leaning conservative.
Allen County, IN is somewhat conservative. In Allen County, IN 43.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allen county remained strongly Republican, 54.3% to 43.2%.
Allen county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46807 (Fort Wayne, IN) is leaning conservative.
Fort Wayne, Indiana is leaning conservative.
Allen County, Indiana is somewhat 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.
Fort Wayne, 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 zip 46807 (Fort Wayne)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,267 contributions totaling $111,102 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 132 contributions totaling $17,550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)