The city of La Porte, IN (46350) is located in La Porte County just northeast of the Indiana Dunes National Park. It is part of the South Bend-Mishawaka metropolitan area and is home to around 22,000 residents. La Porte has a strong local political presence with multiple elected officials who are responsible for representing their constituents and helping shape the city's future. The current mayor is Blair Milo, who was first elected in 2015 and re-elected in 2019. As mayor, she works closely with City Council members to provide leadership on issues such as public safety, community development, infrastructure improvements, economic growth and environmental protection. The City Council also consists of seven individuals who work together with other local officials to ensure that the needs of all citizens are met. In addition to these two governing bodies, there are several other boards and commissions that work together to ensure the health of La Porte's communities.
The political climate in Zip 46350 (La Porte, IN) is somewhat conservative.
LaPorte County, IN is leaning conservative. In LaPorte County, IN 45.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, LaPorte county remained moderately Republican, 52.5% to 45.3%.
LaPorte county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46350 (La Porte, IN) is somewhat conservative.
La Porte, Indiana is somewhat conservative.
LaPorte County, Indiana is leaning conservative.
Michigan City-La Porte Metro Area is leaning 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.
La Porte, Indiana: d d D D 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 46350 (La Porte)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 697 contributions totaling $64,859 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 387 contributions totaling $185,441 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $479 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)