Hecker, IL is a small rural town located in southern Illinois. The town is governed by a mayor and city council, who are elected by the local citizens. The mayor and council members are dedicated to improving the quality of life in Hecker for all residents. They work to create fair and equitable policies that promote economic growth and foster an inclusive community. In addition to local government, citizens also have access to representatives at the state level. These representatives are elected by voters in Hecker as well as other towns across Illinois and play an important role in making sure that the interests of Hecker are represented on a larger scale.
The political climate in Hecker, IL is very conservative.
Monroe County, IL is very conservative. In Monroe County, IL 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.7% to 31.0%.
Monroe county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hecker, IL is very conservative.
Monroe County, Illinois is very conservative.
St. Louis Metro Area is leaning 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.
Hecker, 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 Hecker, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 287 contributions totaling $26,595 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 304 contributions totaling $171,442 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $564 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)