Hammond, IN is located in Lake County and has a population of 80,830 people. It is part of the greater Chicago metropolitan area and officials are elected to represent the city at the county level. The mayor of Hammond, Thomas McDermott Jr., was first elected in 2011 and won re-election in 2015. The City Council is responsible for passing ordinances, budget allocations, and other decisions that impact the citizens of Hammond. There are nine members on council who are elected by district to serve four-year terms. Aldermen representing each district make up the voting members of the City Council. All citizens have a voice in local government through their elected representatives. Additionally, Hammond participates in regional politics such as transportation planning and workforce development initiatives with neighboring communities like East Chicago.
The political climate in Zip 46327 (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 46327 (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 46327 (Hammond)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $2,607 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $8,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,733 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)