46321 Munster, IN is a small town in Indiana that is filled with people who are passionate about their local politics. There are multiple candidates running for office at both the state and municipal levels who offer residents of this community a wide variety of opinions on how to best serve the citizens of 46321 Munster. The issues these candidates focus on range from economic development, education, healthcare, and other topics important to local residents. Voters have many opportunities to get involved in the political process by attending candidate debates or voting in elections. Residents of 46321 Munster can also join one of the many civic groups in the area to stay up-to-date with local politics and lend their support to the causes they are passionate about.
The political climate in Zip 46321 (Munster, IN) is leaning 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 46321 (Munster, IN) is leaning liberal.
Munster, Indiana is leaning 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.
Munster, 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 46321 (Munster)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,147 contributions totaling $474,211 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $413 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 458 contributions totaling $185,857 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $406 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)