The small town of Sullivan, IL, located in 61951 zip code has a local government that is responsible for providing many essential services to the community. The mayor and city council are elected by the citizens of Sullivan every four years and serve as the primary decision-makers for the town. Among their responsibilities are creating budgets, approving zoning changes, and managing infrastructure projects. Additionally, several other appointed officials help make sure that all local government functions are running smoothly. In recent years, Sullivan has seen an increased focus on budget transparency and improved communication between elected officials and residents. With a population of just over 5,000 people, Sullivan remains committed to having a local government that engages its citizens in order to better serve its community.
The political climate in Zip 61951 (Sullivan, IL) is strongly conservative.
Moultrie County, IL is very conservative. In Moultrie County, IL 24.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Moultrie county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.5% to 24.6%.
Moultrie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61951 (Sullivan, IL) is strongly conservative.
Sullivan, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Moultrie County, Illinois is very conservative.
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Illinois is moderately liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Sullivan, Illinois: r R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 61951 (Sullivan)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 185 contributions totaling $19,228 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 63 contributions totaling $10,022 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)