The town of 46051 Lapel, IN is a small but vibrant community located in Madison County. Although the population of Lapel is relatively small, it has a strong political presence in the county with local candidates running for office each election cycle. In recent years, the town has seen multiple candidates campaigning for roles including mayor and town council members. The elections are typically competitive and passionate debates often break out between the candidates on the issues that affect the town most. Residents often come together to meet and discuss their thoughts on important matters and how they would like to see their township progress through new leadership and initiatives. The people of 46051 Lapel, IN take pride in being informed and keeping up with local politics in order to ensure that their voices are heard when it comes time to vote.
The political climate in Zip 46051 (Lapel, IN) is moderately conservative.
Madison County, IN is moderately conservative. In Madison County, IN 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.2% to 37.6%.
Madison county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46051 (Lapel, IN) is moderately conservative.
Lapel, Indiana is moderately conservative.
Madison County, Indiana is moderately conservative.
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson Metro Area is leaning 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.
Lapel, Indiana: r R d 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 46051 (Lapel)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $2,464 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $3,255 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)