The politics in 47809 Terre Haute, IN are quite diverse and actively contested. The city is represented in the US House of Representatives by Democrat André Carson. At the state level, Terre Haute is represented by Republican Senator Jon Ford, and Democratic Representatives Tonya Pfaff and Bob Heaton. In terms of local politics, there are a number of political parties active within 47809. These include the Democratic Party, Republican Party, Libertarian Party, Green Party, Working Families Party, and others. Local elections are often hotly contested with candidates from all major parties vying for offices ranging from City Council seats to mayorships. Additionally each election cycle brings an array of ballot initiatives from both Democrats and Republicans concerning various issues such as taxes or public safety regulations.
The political climate in Zip 47809 (Terre Haute, IN) is leaning conservative.
Vigo County, IN is somewhat conservative. In Vigo County, IN 41.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Vigo county remained strongly Republican, 56.2% to 41.5%.
Vigo county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47809 (Terre Haute, IN) is leaning conservative.
Terre Haute, Indiana is leaning conservative.
Vigo County, Indiana is somewhat conservative.
Terre Haute Metro Area is strongly 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.
Terre Haute, 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 47809 (Terre Haute)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $1,250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)