The city of Lafayette, IN 47909 is part of the Tippecanoe County government. In local politics, there are a number of candidates who are running for office, including Mayor Tony Roswarski and City Council Member Bart Nears. The county is run by three commissioner representatives from each precinct in the county. Elections for Tippecanoe County Commissioner typically occur every four years. The current commissioners are Ben Anderson, Tom Murtaugh and Larry Sutherlin. All candidates support initiatives that will benefit the citizens of Lafayette as well as Tippecanoe County as a whole. These initiatives include improvements to education quality, economic development projects, and innovation within the local government and organizations.
The political climate in Zip 47909 (Lafayette, IN) is leaning conservative.
Tippecanoe County, IN is leaning liberal. In Tippecanoe County, IN 48.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tippecanoe county flipped narrowly Democratic, 48.8% to 48.1%.
Tippecanoe county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47909 (Lafayette, IN) is leaning conservative.
Lafayette, Indiana is leaning conservative.
Tippecanoe County, Indiana is leaning liberal.
Lafayette-West Lafayette 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.
Lafayette, Indiana: R R D r r 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 47909 (Lafayette)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 443 contributions totaling $50,175 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 402 contributions totaling $201,493 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $501 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)