46986 Swayzee, Indiana is located in Grant County which is a predominately rural area with a population of about 70,000 people. The county has been largely dominated by Republican candidates in recent elections as the area has become increasingly conservative. In terms of local politics, 46986 Swayzee is represented by Senator Colleen Rennecker and Representative Christopher Judy in the Indiana General Assembly. Both are Republicans who have been re-elected multiple times based on their commitment to fiscal responsibility and support of traditional family values. Additionally, Grant County has an elected board that works to manage resources and budgets for the county.
The political climate in Zip 46986 (Swayzee, 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 46986 (Swayzee, IN) is very conservative.
Swayzee, 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.
Swayzee, 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 46986 (Swayzee)
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 3 contributions totaling $325 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)