The small town of Ligonier, Indiana (46767) is located in Noble County and is part of the Elkhart-Goshen Metropolitan Area. Politics in this region are largely driven by the Republican Party, with local elections being contested primarily by Republican candidates. Currently, Noble County is represented in Congress by Republican Jim Banks. At the state level, Republicans Jackie Walorski and Todd Rokita serve as Indiana’s congresspeople. Additionally, the current mayor of Ligonier is John Patterson who was recently re-elected for a third consecutive term. Recently, Mayor Patterson ran on a platform to improve property taxes and continue to invest in infrastructure. In conclusion, politics in 46767 Ligonier are heavily dominated by the Republican Party with local elections often contested between Republican candidates.
The political climate in Zip 46767 (Ligonier, IN) is strongly conservative.
Noble County, IN is very conservative. In Noble County, IN 24.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Noble county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.9% to 24.2%.
Noble county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46767 (Ligonier, IN) is strongly conservative.
Ligonier, Indiana is strongly conservative.
Noble County, Indiana is very conservative.
Kendallville 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.
Ligonier, 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 46767 (Ligonier)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $900 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $2,122 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)