why is NE Indiana so right wing?

[freepcrusher]

it just seems that Indiana is different than the states it borders in the sense that north=more dem and south=more republican. There are some dark red parts of the state and for a mid-sized city, Fort Wayne is pretty conservative. IN-3 (old IN-4) often goes heavily republican and gave Bush 68-69% in 04 and even Murdock got 57% in 2012. The district's congressman, Marlin Stutzman, seems to be a Broun/Gohmert type, with his only saving grace being that he keeps his mouth shut mostly.

[freepcrusher]

Doesn't northeastern Indiana have a lot of religious conservatives? Remember, western Michigan is pretty conservative too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amish

amish usually don't vote as they see it as part of the outside world.