The city of Gary, IN which is located in Lake County and bears the zip code 46409, is a politically diverse area. It is represented by numerous political candidates who are committed to representing their community and its needs in the ever-evolving world of politics. These representatives include Democratic Congresswoman Jackie Walorski who represents Indiana's 2nd congressional district, Republican State House Member Hal Slager who serves Indiana's 21st legislative district, and Independent Senator Karen Tallian who serves district 4 in the Indiana Senate. Local issues are always top of mind for these representatives when they are making decisions that will affect Gary and its citizens. From education reform to economic development, Gary’s politicians strive to make sure that their constituents voices are heard and represented on all sides of the aisle. All three representatives have dedicated themselves to making their city a better place to live and work for years to come.
The political climate in Zip 46409 (Gary, IN) is moderately liberal.
Lake County, IN is somewhat liberal. In Lake County, IN 56.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.7% to 41.6%.
Lake county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46409 (Gary, IN) is moderately liberal.
Gary, Indiana is moderately liberal.
Lake County, Indiana is somewhat liberal.
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.
Gary, Indiana: D 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 46409 (Gary)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $2,879 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $221 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)