Hammond, IN 46324 is a city located in Northwest Indiana that has been steadily growing over the last few years. While the city does not have any formal local political candidates at this time, it is still engaged in politics at both the state and national level. The residents of Hammond are generally supportive of policies that promote economic growth and development, as well as those which prioritize education reform and environmental protection. Additionally, many of the local citizens are passionate about social justice causes and strive to ensure that all members of their community are represented equally in terms of access to resources such as healthcare and housing. Overall, Hammond is an engaged city when it comes to politics, with its citizens actively participating in both local and national conversations regarding important issues.
The political climate in Zip 46324 (Hammond, IN) is somewhat 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 46324 (Hammond, IN) is somewhat liberal.
Hammond, Indiana is somewhat 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.
Hammond, 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 46324 (Hammond)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 413 contributions totaling $16,931 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $4,318 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)