The city of Gary, Indiana, located in 46403, is a bustling small city that is home to many people. It has a long and proud history of political involvement from its citizens. During election season, voters have the opportunity to get involved by voting for the local candidates running for office. These elections are for both state and local positions such as mayor, city council members, school board members, and more. The residents of Gary are passionate about their politics and come together to support the leader they elect. With election season coming up soon, it's important for locals to stay informed about the candidates running in Gary so they can make an educated decision when it comes time to vote.
The political climate in Zip 46403 (Gary, IN) is somewhat liberal.
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
Zip 46403 (Gary, IN) is somewhat liberal.
Gary, Indiana is somewhat liberal.
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.
Gary, 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 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 46403 (Gary)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 763 contributions totaling $54,136 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $5,064 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)