Mark, IL is a small town located in the Midwest United States. Despite its size, the town has a vibrant political scene. Local elections often feature numerous candidates and highly competitive races. Residents of Mark, IL are passionate about their local politics, and it is not uncommon to hear conversations about upcoming elections and current issues facing the community. Members of the community take an active role in supporting their preferred candidates and advocating for various causes that are important to them. From school board races to mayoral campaigns, Mark, IL residents take part in politics and strive to make changes that will benefit their community for years to come.
The political climate in Mark, IL is moderately conservative.
Putnam County, IL is moderately conservative. In Putnam County, IL 39.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Putnam county remained very strongly Republican, 58.7% to 39.4%.
Putnam county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mark, IL is moderately conservative.
Putnam County, Illinois is moderately conservative.
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.
Mark, Illinois: d d D d 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 Mark, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $328 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $10,835 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $833 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)