Hammond, IL is a city in Lake County located in the northwestern corner of Indiana. It is home to an array of people who bring a wide range of perspectives and values to the local politics. Hammond has a mayor-council form of government, where the mayor serves as the chief executive officer and six members of the City Council serve as the legislative body. The mayor and council are elected by popular vote of residents living within city limits and are responsible for setting policy and passing ordinances that govern how the city operates. The city also has other elected positions such as Clerk-Treasurer, City Controller, Assessor, and three members on the Board of Public Works. These officials are responsible for overseeing various departments such as police, fire, public works, parks & recreation, finance/budgeting, health services and legal representation among many others. Through their leadership roles they work together to ensure that Hammond is a safe and vibrant place to live for everyone.
The political climate in Hammond, IL is strongly conservative.
Piatt County, IL is strongly conservative. In Piatt County, IL 33.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Piatt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.4% to 33.8%.
Piatt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hammond, IL is strongly conservative.
Piatt County, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Champaign-Urbana Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Hammond, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Hammond, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 66 contributions totaling $5,469 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $3,728 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)