The city of Bloomington, Indiana (IN) has a population of approximately 85,000 and sits in the heart of the Hoosier State. Located in Monroe County, 47404 Bloomington is home to a vibrant political landscape overseen by local representatives elected by its citizens. The current mayor of Bloomington is John Hamilton and he is joined by nine city council members who serve four-year terms. These officials act as advocates for constituents on issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, public safety, neighborhood services and educational resources. The city also has two state representatives serving in the Indiana House of Representatives and one state senator representing it in the Indiana Senate. Additionally, there are several federal offices held by elected officials from Bloomington that handle things like taxes, foreign policy and trade agreements. All together these representatives work to ensure that the people of 47404 Bloomington have their voices heard on matters that affect them locally and nationally.
The political climate in Zip 47404 (Bloomington, IN) is moderately liberal.
Monroe County, IN is strongly liberal. In Monroe County, IN 63.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.1% to 34.9%.
Monroe county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47404 (Bloomington, IN) is moderately liberal.
Bloomington, Indiana is moderately liberal.
Monroe County, Indiana is strongly liberal.
Bloomington Metro Area is moderately 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.
Bloomington, 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 47404 (Bloomington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,215 contributions totaling $130,727 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 125 contributions totaling $76,651 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $613 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)