The town of 46368 Portage, IN has a rich political history. While the population size of the town is unknown, it has made its mark in local politics with candidates from both major parties running for office in recent years. The town’s citizens often lean towards one party or the other, but generally vote their conscience and consider each candidate's individual qualifications and values. There are plenty of opportunities to get involved in local politics, including attending town hall meetings and volunteering for campaigns. Portage seeks to elect representatives who will work to make a difference in the community and serve as an example of good leadership.
The political climate in Zip 46368 (Portage, IN) is leaning conservative.
Porter County, IN is leaning conservative. In Porter County, IN 45.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Porter county remained moderately Republican, 51.9% to 45.8%.
Porter county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46368 (Portage, IN) is leaning conservative.
Portage, Indiana is leaning conservative.
Porter County, Indiana is leaning 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.
Portage, Indiana: r r d d 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 46368 (Portage)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 618 contributions totaling $52,314 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 132 contributions totaling $45,914 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $348 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)