Michigan City, IN is a city located in LaPorte County in Indiana. The city has a wide-ranging political landscape and the community is divided on many political issues. Residents of Michigan City vote for members of the U.S. House of Representatives, State Senate, and State House who represent Michigan City's interests at both the state and federal level. They also vote for their local mayor and other local government officials such as those on the city council or school board. In addition to regular elections, citizens of Michigan City also have the opportunity to participate in special elections that are called from time to time to consider certain local measures or initiatives. These elections are often seen as a way for residents to make their voices heard about local issues or proposed changes within the city. All in all, politics play an important role in determining how Michigan City functions and progresses into the future.
The political climate in Zip 46360 (Michigan City, IN) is leaning conservative.
LaPorte County, IN is leaning conservative. In LaPorte County, IN 45.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, LaPorte county remained moderately Republican, 52.5% to 45.3%.
LaPorte county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46360 (Michigan City, IN) is leaning conservative.
Michigan City, Indiana is leaning conservative.
LaPorte County, Indiana is leaning conservative.
Michigan City-La Porte Metro Area is leaning 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.
Michigan City, Indiana: d d D D 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 46360 (Michigan City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,786 contributions totaling $154,974 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 340 contributions totaling $118,689 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $349 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)