The small town of 46507 Bristol, IN is home to just over 1,000 residents and is part of Elkhart County. While the town's population may be small, its people are politically engaged. On Election Day, nearly 80 percent of voters in Bristol turn out to cast their ballots. In local elections, a variety of candidates from both major political parties vie for seats on the Elkhart County Council and the school board. Issues close to Bristol's residents include providing better infrastructure, improving public safety, expanding educational opportunities for students, and protecting property rights. Residents of 46507 Bristol take their civic duties seriously and are always willing to come together as a community to ensure that their voices are heard in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 46507 (Bristol, IN) is strongly conservative.
Elkhart County, IN is strongly conservative. In Elkhart County, IN 35.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Elkhart county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 35.0%.
Elkhart county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46507 (Bristol, IN) is strongly conservative.
Bristol, Indiana is strongly conservative.
Elkhart County, Indiana is strongly conservative.
Elkhart-Goshen 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.
Bristol, 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 46507 (Bristol)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 369 contributions totaling $21,513 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 213 contributions totaling $174,250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $818 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)