Kokomo, IN is located in the 46902 zip code and is a bustling city with lots of political activity. Kokomo is governed by a mayor-council style government, with the current mayor being Tyler Moore. The Kokomo City Council consists of nine members who serve four-year terms and are elected from districts based on population. The city council is responsible for passing legislation that sets regulations for new businesses, development projects, public works, and other important issues facing the local community. In addition to municipal politics, Kokomo's residents are also represented in state and federal government by representatives from each respective office. State Senator Ed Charbonneau represents Kokomo's citizens in the Indiana Senate, while Representatives Christine Hale and Randy Frye serve as representation in the Indiana House of Representatives. At the federal level, Congressman Jim Banks represents Kokomo in the United States Congress.
The political climate in Zip 46902 (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 46902 (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 46902 (Kokomo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,205 contributions totaling $42,543 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 464 contributions totaling $71,780 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)