The small town of Lake Dalecarlia, IN is known for its friendly and close-knit atmosphere, with its low population of just under 1,000 people. Political matters in the area are largely handled by the board of commissioners, who serve to represent the people of Lake Dalecarlia. The board works diligently to ensure that policies and services are provided to the citizens in a manner that best serves their needs. Elections take place every two years where residents can vote for the individuals they feel will best represent their interests on the board. Recent candidates include Bill Smith and Susan Williams, who both ran campaigns on a platform of improving public safety, creating more jobs, and increasing access to quality education. With a focus on local issues and grassroots campaigning tactics, these two candidates worked hard to win over the hearts of Lake Dalecarlia's voters.
The political climate in Lake Dalecarlia, IN is leaning conservative.
Lake County, IN is somewhat liberal. In Lake County, IN 56.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.7% to 41.6%.
Lake county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake Dalecarlia, IN is leaning conservative.
Lake County, Indiana is somewhat liberal.
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metro Area is very liberal.
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.
Lake Dalecarlia, Indiana: D D D D D D
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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Lake Dalecarlia, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,491 contributions totaling $128,324 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 604 contributions totaling $224,207 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $371 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)