Lake Station, IN is a small city in the 46405 area of northern Indiana. It is governed by a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor being elected every four years and the council members being elected every two years. The city has many initiatives and programs to help improve its quality of life, with local projects such as infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, economic development programs, and environmental protection plans. The city also hosts many events throughout the year for residents to take part in and enjoy. Local political candidates have emerged over recent years to help lead Lake Station towards a brighter future, however their names are not included in this context due to population information not being provided.
The political climate in Zip 46405 (Lake Station, IN) is somewhat liberal.
Lake County, IN is somewhat liberal. In Lake County, IN 56.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.7% to 41.6%.
Lake county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46405 (Lake Station, IN) is somewhat liberal.
Lake Station, Indiana is somewhat liberal.
Lake County, Indiana is somewhat liberal.
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metro Area is very liberal.
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.
Lake Station, Indiana: D D D D D D
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 46405 (Lake Station)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $527 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)