Kokomo, IN is the county seat of Howard County and has a population of more than 57,000 people. It is located in North Central Indiana and is the home of several large employers including Chrysler, Delphi Automotive, and Haynes International. The city is governed by an elected mayor-council form of government with its current mayor being Greg Goodnight. The city council consists of six members; three are elected from designated districts and the other three are elected at-large. Kokomo regularly holds elections for local offices such as mayor, city council members, clerk-treasurer, and judge. In addition to local elections, voters in Kokomo also vote on state and federal races in each election cycle.
The political climate in Zip 46901 (Kokomo, IN) is moderately conservative.
Howard County, IN is very conservative. In Howard County, IN 32.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Howard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 32.7%.
Howard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46901 (Kokomo, IN) is moderately conservative.
Kokomo, Indiana is moderately conservative.
Howard County, Indiana is very conservative.
Kokomo Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Kokomo, Indiana: R R r R R R
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 46901 (Kokomo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 347 contributions totaling $38,412 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 208 contributions totaling $70,497 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $339 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)