Union Mills, IN is a small town located in LaPorte County. The town does not have any local political candidates since it is so small. However, the town is still very involved in politics at the state and national level. Every election season, residents of Union Mills come out to the polls to cast their votes for who they believe should represent them in government offices. Voter participation in Union Mills is always high with many people engaging in conversations about the current issues and candidates running for office. Even though there are no local politicians that they can directly vote for, people from Union Mills still take an active role in deciding who will represent them at higher levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 46382 (Union Mills, IN) is somewhat 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 46382 (Union Mills, IN) is somewhat conservative.
Union Mills, Indiana is somewhat 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.
Union Mills, 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 46382 (Union Mills)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43 contributions totaling $1,639 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $1,635 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)