Fort Wayne, IN 46835 is a large city with a vibrant political scene. Home to over 260,000 citizens, Fort Wayne is served by the Allen County government and its various sub-divisions. The mayor of Fort Wayne is Tom Henry and the City Council consists of nine members that are elected every four years. The Indiana General Assembly is the state legislature and makes laws for the state as well as local governments including Fort Wayne. In addition to this, Congressmen and Senators serve Fort Wayne at a national level. Local political activists often organize events for the community to become more aware of their representatives and how they can make their voices heard in politics.
The political climate in Zip 46835 (Fort Wayne, IN) is somewhat 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 46835 (Fort Wayne, IN) is somewhat conservative.
Fort Wayne, Indiana is somewhat 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 46835 (Fort Wayne)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,160 contributions totaling $84,514 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 441 contributions totaling $82,667 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $187 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)