The city of Kentland, Indiana (47951) is a small community located in Newton County. While it is not a major political center, the town does hold local elections for positions in its government. These positions include Mayor, City Council Members, Clerk-Treasurer, and Street Commissioner. Local candidates who run for these positions are citizens of the Kentland community and must meet certain qualifications to be eligible for election. The last municipal election was held in 2019 for the position of mayor and all five members of the city council. There was an overwhelming response from local citizens who voted in large numbers to elect the new officials who will serve the city faithfully over the next four years. While there is no significant population size within Kentland, those who live here take their civic duty seriously and recognize that their voice matters in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 47951 (Kentland, IN) is strongly conservative.
Newton County, IN is very conservative. In Newton County, IN 22.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Newton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.8% to 22.8%.
Newton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47951 (Kentland, IN) is strongly conservative.
Kentland, Indiana is strongly conservative.
Newton County, Indiana is very conservative.
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metro Area is very 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.
Kentland, 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 47951 (Kentland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $9,539 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $636 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)