For the November 6th election, Democrat Glenda Ritz ran against incumbent Republican Tony Bennett for the important position of Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction. Supported by teachers and others who were against Bennett's policies and philosophy, Ritz won 53% of the votes, leaving the other 47% for Bennett. Geographically speaking, the map of this election reveals a ;scattering of red and blue, meaning that you can find both Democrat- and Republican-voting counties located in all parts of Indiana. The pattern of Bennett-supporting suburban counties around Indianapolis is noticeable, and there is an apparent continuation of Ritz-supporting counties in western and northern Indiana.
The election data that was helpful for me to make my map and provide statistics below comes from Indiana's Secretary of State Election Division.
Seven Top Supporters of Ritz - these are the blue numbered counties in the map
1. LAKE (cities of Gary, Merrillville, etc.) - 122,252 / 179,045 total votes - 68.3%
2. VIGO (Terre Haute) - 24,692 / 38,823 total votes - 63.6%
3. MONROE (Bloomington) - 33,611 / 54,217 - 62%
4. MARION (Indianapolis) - 216,367 / 350,596 - 61.7%
5. VERMILLION (Clinton, Newport, etc.) - 3,952 / 6,390 - 61.5%
6. PERRY (Tell City) - 4,588 / 7,563 - 60.7%
7. LAPORTE (Michigan City, La Porte, etc.) - 24,773 / 41,461 - 59.8%
Seven Top Supporters of Bennett - these are the red numbered counties in the map
1. KOSCIUSKO - 18,595 / 29,150 total votes - 63.8%
2. MORGAN - 16,769 / 27,472 - 61%
3. HAMILTON - 80,127 / 132,902 - 60.3%
4. JOHNSON - 33,870 / 56,522 - 59.9%
5. BOONE - 16,088 / 27,001 - 59.6%
6. HANCOCK - 18,638 / 31,881 - 58.5%
7. HENDRICKS - 37,338 / 64,577 - 57.8%
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