46991 Van Buren, IN is a small town located in the Midwest of the United States. While it may be a small town, its politics are still important to the community and the local elections have an impact on its residents. Each election brings new opportunities for citizens to cast their vote and influence change in their town. Local political candidates always strive to represent their constituents and bring issues important to them to the forefront. With each election, there are always conversations about taxes, education, jobs, healthcare, transportation, and other important topics around the community. Residents are passionate about making sure their voices are heard and that they can make a difference through their votes. The politics of 46991 Van Buren is an ongoing conversation that will continue as long as this small community exists.
The political climate in Zip 46991 (Van Buren, IN) is very conservative.
Grant County, IN is very conservative. In Grant County, IN 29.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.1% to 29.4%.
Grant county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46991 (Van Buren, IN) is very conservative.
Van Buren, Indiana is very conservative.
Grant County, Indiana is very conservative.
Marion 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.
Van Buren, 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 46991 (Van Buren)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $675 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)