Lawrence, IN is located in Marion County and is home to approximately 40,000 people. It offers a variety of local politics for its citizens to get involved with. The City of Lawrence has eight elected officials who serve on the City Council. As an Indianapolis suburb, Lawrence is also represented by state legislators in the Indiana General Assembly. Additionally, Lawrence residents are able to vote in national elections for their representatives in Congress and participate in local school board or referendum elections. This allows them to have a say in how their city and community are run and built up over time. Residents can stay informed about upcoming events or current initiatives by attending meetings, reading newsletters, or watching city council meetings on television or online. By staying informed, residents can ensure that they are making educated decisions when it comes to voting and participating in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 46216 (Lawrence, IN) is strongly liberal.
Marion County, IN is strongly liberal. In Marion County, IN 63.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.3% to 34.3%.
Marion county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46216 (Lawrence, IN) is strongly liberal.
Lawrence, Indiana is strongly liberal.
Marion County, Indiana is strongly liberal.
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.
Lawrence, Indiana: r 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 46216 (Lawrence)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 62 contributions totaling $22,226 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $358 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $7,706 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)