Editing Lake County, Indiana (section)

==Politics==
While the state of Indiana is strongly Republican, having voted Republican in every election since 1964 (except in 2008), Lake County has long been a Democratic stronghold due to being part of the [[Chicago metropolitan area]]. It has given pluralities or majorities to Democrats in every [[President of the United States|presidential election]] since [[1932 United States presidential election|1932]] with the exceptions of [[1956 United States presidential election|1956]] and [[1972 United States presidential election|1972]]. Like the rest of the Rust Belt, however, Lake County has recently trended Republican, with Donald Trump scoring the highest percentage of the vote since 1972 in the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 presidential election]].

Lake is part of [[Indiana's 1st congressional district]], which is held by Democrat [[Frank J. Mrvan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.house.gov/visclosky/|title=US Congressman Pete Visclosky|publisher=US Congress|access-date=July 13, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009045245/http://www.house.gov/visclosky/|archive-date=October 9, 2008}}</ref> In the [[Indiana Senate|State Senate]], Lake is part of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 6th districts, which are held by three Democrats and one Republican. In the [[Indiana House of Representatives]], Lake is part of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 11th, 12th, 14th, 15th and 19th districts, which are held by four Democrats and four Republicans.

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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|97,270|109,086|3,746|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|91,760|124,870|3,700|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|75,625|116,935|10,241|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|68,431|130,897|2,819|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|67,742|139,301|1,996|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|71,903|114,743|1,376|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|63,389|109,078|3,527|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|47,873|100,198|15,789|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|53,867|102,778|29,653|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|79,929|105,026|780|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|94,870|117,984|1,289|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|95,408|101,145|10,786|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|90,119|120,700|1,922|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|115,480|88,510|1,352|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|77,911|99,897|35,766|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|73,722|134,978|823|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|78,278|132,554|526|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|92,803|85,000|657|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|74,073|90,721|1,051|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|51,413|77,025|4,157|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|48,147|75,066|737|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|45,898|71,985|447|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|33,689|68,551|1,510|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|42,596|46,060|2,836|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|48,768|32,321|630|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|30,990|10,918|6,060|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|26,296|7,136|4,596|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|13,262|9,946|903|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|5,176|5,136|7,171|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|9,499|5,502|578|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|6,429|2,933|666|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|5,337|3,733|131|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|4,883|3,418|102|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|2,958|3,010|192|Indiana}}
{{PresFoot|1888|Republican|2,543|2,068|80|Indiana}}

===2008 presidential primary===
In the [[Indiana Democratic primary, 2008|2008 Democratic presidential primary]] on May 6, 2008, Lake County was one of the last counties to report results.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/05/06/awaiting-one-county/ | work=CNN | title=Awaiting one county | access-date=May 7, 2010 | date=May 6, 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091119220313/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/05/06/awaiting-one-county/ | archive-date=November 19, 2009 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> Lake County had reported no results at 11 p.m. [[Eastern Time|ET]],<ref name="Yahoo">[https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/primary_lake_county;_ylt=AlM5ecPVe3b188Lss2jVzQ1h24cA Indiana's Lake County has tradition of late vote tallies] {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and at midnight ET, only 28% of Lake County's vote had been reported.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/06/primaries.change/index.html|title=Clinton's Indiana win keeps Democratic race alive - CNN.com|website=www.cnn.com|access-date=September 5, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506225005/http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/06/primaries.change/index.html|archive-date=May 6, 2008}}</ref> A large number of absentee ballots and a record turnout delayed the tallies, and polls closed an hour later than much of the state because Lake County is in the [[Central Time Zone]].<ref name="Yahoo"/> Early returns showed Senator Barack Obama leading by a potentially lead-changing margin, leaving the race between Senator [[Hillary Clinton]] and Obama "too close to call" until final tallies were reported.

'''Crime'''

The NWI Times reported that over 800 registered sex offenders live in Lake and Porter Counties of Indiana in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/gallery-registered-sex-offenders-in-valparaiso/collection_90da9614-7fad-5e2b-832a-e6215743d1c0.html|title=GALLERY: Registered sex offenders in Valparaiso}}</ref>