The politics in 46550 Nappanee, IN are heavily influenced by the local government. Local representatives are responsible for creating policies that benefit the community and working to ensure that their constituents have access to resources and services. Recently, Nappanee City Council member Kayla Thacker won a seat in the Indiana General Assembly, making her the first person ever from Nappanee to hold such a position. Furthermore, she is pushing for initiatives aimed at improving infrastructure in the city and providing more support for small businesses. Additionally, state legislators are looking to pass legislation that would help increase funding for public education across the state, with a focus on increasing educational outcomes for students in rural areas such as Nappanee. Lastly, local civic organizations regularly host events and meetings in order to discuss issues important to the community and advocate for measures that will improve the lives of residents in 46550 Nappanee, IN.
The political climate in Zip 46550 (Nappanee, IN) is strongly conservative.
Elkhart County, IN is strongly conservative. In Elkhart County, IN 35.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Elkhart county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 35.0%.
Elkhart county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46550 (Nappanee, IN) is strongly conservative.
Nappanee, Indiana is strongly conservative.
Elkhart County, Indiana is strongly conservative.
Elkhart-Goshen Metro Area is strongly 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.
Nappanee, 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 46550 (Nappanee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 213 contributions totaling $6,510 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 200 contributions totaling $19,931 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)