What is Northwest Indiana?
'''Northwest Indiana''' is a region in the state of [[Indiana]]. <br /> [[File:Map of Indiana highlighting Lake County.svg|thumb|Lake County, the most populous county in Northwest Indiana and second most populated county statewide. It makes up a very large portion of the population in Northwest Indiana.]] == Geography == Northwest Indiana is near Chicago. === Counties In Northwest Indiana === Counties in Northwest Indiana are: * [[Porter County, Indiana|Porter County]] * [[Lake County, Indiana|Lake County]] * [[Jasper County, Indiana|Jasper County]] * [[Newton County, Indiana|Newton County]] == Culture == Northwest Indiana is more heavily influenced by [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois,]] than the rest of Indiana. === Political culture === Due to its proximity to Chicago, Northwest Indiana is more liberal than the rest of Indiana. One of the state´s two Democratic US Congress delegates was elected from a district in Northwest Indiana. Although only Lake County is really liberal, and the other three counties are either swing or conservative, Lake County does have a higher population than the other three counties in Northwest Indiana combined, so Northwest Indiana is overall liberal-leaning. ==== Jasper/Newton ==== At the same time, Jasper and Newton Counties are very conservative. ==== Porter County ==== Porter County is a swing county, although it voted for Donald Trump in 2016. ==== Lake County ==== Lake County is overall quite liberal. == Population disparity == Lake County makes up over 60% of the population of Northwest Indiana, though taking up approximately 25% of Northwest Indiana's land. {{Chicago metropolitan area}} {{Indiana}} [[Category:Geography of Indiana]]