Terre Haute, IN is located in Vigo County and is a city with a rich political history. The most recent election saw an increase in voter participation with over 19,000 ballots cast for the mayor and City Council elections. In the mayor's race, incumbent John Hamilton was reelected to serve a second term by a wide margin. The nine members of the City Council are also on their way back to office for another two-year term. While there are no local candidates running in the upcoming election, Terre Haute residents can still take part in the political process by casting their vote for state and federal representatives who represent their city in various capacities. All registered voters are encouraged to make their voices heard during this important time for local politics and civic engagement.
The political climate in Zip 47803 (Terre Haute, IN) is somewhat conservative.
Vigo County, IN is somewhat conservative. In Vigo County, IN 41.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Vigo county remained strongly Republican, 56.2% to 41.5%.
Vigo county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47803 (Terre Haute, IN) is somewhat conservative.
Terre Haute, Indiana is somewhat conservative.
Vigo County, Indiana is somewhat conservative.
Terre Haute 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.
Terre Haute, Indiana: r r 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 47803 (Terre Haute)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 629 contributions totaling $57,471 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 201 contributions totaling $56,033 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $279 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)