Most democratic county vs. most republican county by state: Indiana
       |           

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?
March 28, 2024, 06:38:28 AM
News: Election Simulator 2.0 Released. Senate/Gubernatorial maps, proportional electoral votes, and more - Read more

  Talk Elections
  General Politics
  Individual Politics (Moderator: The Dowager Mod)
  Most democratic county vs. most republican county by state: Indiana
« previous next »
Pages: [1]
Poll
Question: Which place would you rather live in Indiana?
#1
Lake County
 
#2
Kosciusko County
 
Show Pie Chart
Partisan results

Total Voters: 34

Author Topic: Most democratic county vs. most republican county by state: Indiana  (Read 1766 times)
bagelman
Junior Chimp
*****
Posts: 8,602
United States


Political Matrix
E: -4.90, S: -4.17

P P P
Show only this user's posts in this thread
« on: November 26, 2015, 02:59:19 AM »
« edited: November 26, 2015, 01:06:28 PM by bagelman »

This is basically northeast IN vs. northwest IN.

Kosciusko County voted nearly 75% for Romney and less than 23% for Obama. It's population as of 2010 was 77k and will likely reach 80k by 2020. County seat and largest city is Warsaw, named after the captial of Poland, which has a population that just reached 14k.

Lake County voted 2/3 for Obama. The county seat is Crown Point, which in the 00s grew from 19k to 27k. The largest city is Hammond (80k), which is actually shrinking (high of 111k in 1960) - it took the top spot from Gary (also 80k, was 178k in 1950) which is shrinking faster and is infamous for poverty and crime to the point where they built a McDonalds on a highway bridge above the city so hungry travelers don't have to visit the city. Both Hammond and Gary are estimated to have dropped below 80k. The population of Lake County is estimated at 490k, down from 546k in 1970.
Logged
DavidB.
Atlas Icon
*****
Posts: 13,612
Israel


Political Matrix
E: 0.58, S: 4.26


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2015, 10:05:31 AM »

Lake County because of its proximity to Chicago. But I'd rather avoid Hammond and Gary.
Logged
Goldwater
Republitarian
Atlas Icon
*****
Posts: 18,054
United States


Political Matrix
E: 1.55, S: -4.52

Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2015, 10:45:12 AM »

Ugh, Lake County, reluctantly.
Logged
Bismarck
Chancellor
Sr. Member
****
Posts: 3,342


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2015, 10:59:02 AM »

Kosciusko county for sure. Lots of nice lakes, fertile farmland, big biomed industry; not far from Fort Wayne and South Bend. Lake county is horrible. In the rest of Indiana we call the northwest corner "da region" and know that it's "full of democrats and bears fans and should be part of Illinois".
Logged
bagelman
Junior Chimp
*****
Posts: 8,602
United States


Political Matrix
E: -4.90, S: -4.17

P P P
Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2015, 01:12:01 PM »

Kosciusko county for sure. Lots of nice lakes, fertile farmland, big biomed industry; not far from Fort Wayne and South Bend. Lake county is horrible. In the rest of Indiana we call the northwest corner "da region" and know that it's "full of democrats and bears fans and should be part of Illinois".

McCain likely would have won the state if that was the case.
Logged
Oldiesfreak1854
Atlas Icon
*****
Posts: 13,674
United States


WWW Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #5 on: November 26, 2015, 07:05:24 PM »

I don't know.  I love Thaddeus Kosciuszko, so Kosciusko County stands out in my mind, but I'd like being close to Chicago. 
Logged
SNJ1985
Sr. Member
****
Posts: 2,274
United States
Political Matrix
E: 0.19, S: 7.57

Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2015, 07:40:09 PM »

Kosciusko.
Logged
Mr. Smith
MormDem
Atlas Superstar
*****
Posts: 33,072
United States


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #7 on: November 26, 2015, 07:42:03 PM »

Lake, just by virtue of being near Chicago.
Logged
CountyTy90
Jr. Member
***
Posts: 324
United States


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #8 on: November 26, 2015, 10:11:36 PM »

Kosciusko County, kind of a similar area which I currently live in.

Sorry Clarko95.
Logged
Clarko95 📚💰📈
Clarko95
YaBB God
*****
Posts: 3,590
Sweden


Political Matrix
E: -5.61, S: -1.96

Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #9 on: November 27, 2015, 11:50:46 AM »

Kosciusko County, kind of a similar area which I currently live in.

Sorry Clarko95.

DIAF. Angry


Jk, no, but seriously, both places suck so I don't blame you. Tongue Though being 35 minutes from the Loop is awesome.
Logged
Mr. Illini
liberty142
Junior Chimp
*****
Posts: 6,838
United States


Political Matrix
E: -4.26, S: -3.30

Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #10 on: November 28, 2015, 12:02:02 AM »

I'd rather not live in either, but I suppose I shouldn't expect much better out of Indiana.

Lake is the clear choice despite. Schererville or Merriville would be tolerable.
Logged
RFayette
Junior Chimp
*****
Posts: 9,951
United States


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #11 on: November 28, 2015, 12:16:47 AM »

Gary, Hammond, and E.C. suck but the rest of the county is nice, so probably Lake if we are talking about a town like Munster.
Logged
Pages: [1]  
« previous next »
Jump to:  


Login with username, password and session length

Terms of Service - DMCA Agent and Policy - Privacy Policy and Cookies

Powered by SMF 1.1.21 | SMF © 2015, Simple Machines

Page created in 0.042 seconds with 13 queries.