Dayton, IN, located in Tippecanoe County with the zip code 47941 has a rich history and a strong political presence. This small town is part of Indiana's 6th Congressional District and is represented at the federal level by Congressman Jim Baird. At the state level, residents are served by Indiana State Senator Ron Alting and Indiana State Representatives Don Lehe and Shane Lindauer. Locally, Dayton is governed by four members of the Town Council who work together to ensure that their constituents' voices are heard and that local government runs efficiently and effectively. The Town Council works to create laws which benefit all members of the community while providing services like police protection, water quality control, street maintenance, garbage collection, library services and parks for citizens to enjoy. Residents can take part in the democratic process by attending Town Council meetings or voting in local elections.
The political climate in Zip 47941 (Dayton, IN) is leaning conservative.
Tippecanoe County, IN is leaning liberal. In Tippecanoe County, IN 48.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tippecanoe county flipped narrowly Democratic, 48.8% to 48.1%.
Tippecanoe county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47941 (Dayton, IN) is leaning conservative.
Dayton, Indiana is leaning conservative.
Tippecanoe County, Indiana is leaning liberal.
Lafayette-West Lafayette Metro Area is leaning 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.
Dayton, Indiana: R R D r r 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 47941 (Dayton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $175 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)