La Paz, Indiana is a small community of about 1,000 people located in 46537. The town is part of Starke County and has been an important part of the region since 1835 when it was first founded. The political landscape in La Paz revolves around the local elections that are held every two years. Every year, members of the local community take part in choosing the town’s representatives for both mayor and council positions. Candidates who run for office come from all walks of life and offer a variety of views and perspectives on how to best serve the community's interests. Although some candidates may run unopposed or uncontested, citizens are still actively involved in choosing their representatives via voting in the primary election as well as during the general election at the end of each two-year cycle. In recent years, La Paz has seen a steady decline in voting numbers but continues to thrive politically with active candidate participation and strong voter turnout for local elections.
The political climate in Zip 46537 (La Paz, IN) is very conservative.
Marshall County, IN is very conservative. In Marshall County, IN 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marshall county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.4% to 28.6%.
Marshall county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46537 (La Paz, IN) is very conservative.
La Paz, Indiana is very conservative.
Marshall County, Indiana is very conservative.
Plymouth 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 Paz, 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 46537 (La Paz)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)