The town of La Fontaine in 46940 is a small rural community located in Wabash County, Indiana. The politics of this area are largely dominated by the Republican party, with nearly 60% of registered voters identifying as members. The current mayor is James E. McDaniel, who was elected to the office in 2018 and is a long-standing member of the GOP. Several local elections take place annually, and residents can cast their vote for various offices such as city councilmen, county commissioner, or sheriff. As a whole, the citizens of La Fontaine value strong leadership and often elect conservative candidates to represent them on all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 46940 (La Fontaine, IN) is very conservative.
Wabash County, IN is very conservative. In Wabash County, IN 23.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wabash county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.7% to 23.9%.
Wabash county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46940 (La Fontaine, IN) is very conservative.
La Fontaine, Indiana is very conservative.
Wabash County, Indiana is very conservative.
Wabash 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.
La Fontaine, 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 46940 (La Fontaine)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $720 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)