Lawrence, IN is a small town located in Marion County. With a population of about 35,000 residents, Lawrence is part of the Indianapolis, Indiana metropolitan area. The political climate in Lawrence is heavily influenced by the larger state politics of Indiana and its capital city, Indianapolis. Lawrence has representatives on both the local and state levels who work to ensure the town's interests are well represented. At the local level, Lawrence is served by two county commissioners who represent their constituents at the county government meetings as well as several city council members who oversee the laws and regulations that affect life in Lawrence. On the state level, Lawrence's representative in Congress serves citizens from across Indiana to provide a voice for their needs and interests in Washington D.C. Additionally, there are several state senators and representatives who make up Indiana's legislature and serve their districts with initiatives that bring progress and development to Lawrence.
The political climate in Zip 46236 (Lawrence, IN) is somewhat 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 46236 (Lawrence, IN) is somewhat liberal.
Lawrence, Indiana is somewhat 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.
Lawrence, 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 46236 (Lawrence)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,130 contributions totaling $131,001 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 531 contributions totaling $289,572 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $545 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)