The politics of 46260 Indianapolis, IN are generally in line with the rest of the state. The majority of residents vote for Democratic candidates in presidential elections but tend to lean more conservative in other types of elections. Republican candidates have held a few local offices, including the mayor’s office and county commission seats. The city council is also predominantly composed of Democrats. However, there is a minority representation from the Republican party as well. All laws and regulations are passed by the city council, which includes members from both parties. Local issues that come before the council often involve public safety, infrastructure improvements, and economic development. The 46260 Indianapolis, IN area is represented in Congress by a mix of Republicans and Democrats who each seek to represent their particular interests within their respective districts.
The political climate in Zip 46260 (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 46260 (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 46260 (Indianapolis)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,113 contributions totaling $893,057 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $287 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,215 contributions totaling $2,485,419 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,046 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)