Politics in 46220 Indianapolis, IN are centered around the local election of representatives city-wide. In 2018, a number of candidates ran for seats on the City-County Council and Mayor from the area. These included Republicans Jim Merritt and Scott Kreider, Democrats Jake Morris and David Hampton, and Libertarian Bob Younce. All five candidates campaigned hard in their respective districts to reach out to voters to become their voice in local government. The election was ultimately won by incumbent Democratic Mayor Joe Hogsett who took office again in 2019. Since taking office he has put forth several initiatives to improve the quality of life within the city such as increasing public safety, reducing crime rates, improving infrastructure, and creating more equitable economic development opportunities for all citizens.
The political climate in Zip 46220 (Indianapolis, IN) is moderately liberal.
Marion County, IN is strongly liberal. In Marion County, IN 63.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.3% to 34.3%.
Marion county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46220 (Indianapolis, IN) is moderately liberal.
Indianapolis, Indiana is moderately liberal.
Marion County, Indiana is strongly liberal.
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson Metro Area is leaning 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.
Indianapolis, Indiana: r 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 46220 (Indianapolis)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,281 contributions totaling $564,779 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 821 contributions totaling $362,790 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $442 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)