46208 Indianapolis, IN, is home to a vibrant community with an active political scene. The area is represented by several local politicians at the federal, state and county level. At the federal level, 46208 is part of Indiana's 5th Congressional District, currently represented by Susan Brooks (R-IN). At the state level, 46208 residents are served by two representatives in the Indiana State House – Greg Porter (D-IN) and Robin Shackleford (D-IN). Finally, Marion County serves as the county government for 46208 and is led by elected officials such as Mayor Joe Hogsett (D-Marion Co) and members of the city-county council. With so many elected officials representing it, 46208 remains an important part of Indianapolis’s political landscape.
The political climate in Zip 46208 (Indianapolis, IN) is strongly liberal.
Marion County, IN is strongly liberal. In Marion County, IN 63.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.3% to 34.3%.
Marion county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46208 (Indianapolis, IN) is strongly liberal.
Indianapolis, Indiana is strongly liberal.
Marion County, Indiana is strongly liberal.
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson Metro Area is leaning 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.
Indianapolis, 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 46208 (Indianapolis)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,814 contributions totaling $328,281 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 152 contributions totaling $60,933 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $401 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)