Mason City, IL is a small town located in central Illinois with a population of approximately 4,000 people. The city is run by an elected mayor and six aldermen who make up the Mason City Council. Every April, the citizens of Mason City have the opportunity to vote for candidates in local elections for positions on the council. Currently, Mayor Pauline Johnson and Aldermen David Miller, Joseph Roberts, Judy Jones, Mark Wilson, Susan White and Samantha Brown serve on the council and are responsible for governing the city’s day-to-day operations. Each year, candidates from both major political parties compete for these seats in order to represent their constituents’ interests in local decision making. Through local politics, Mason City residents can help shape their community for future generations to come.
The political climate in Mason City, IL is moderately conservative.
Mason County, IL is very conservative. In Mason County, IL 29.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mason county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.6% to 29.3%.
Mason county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mason City, IL is moderately conservative.
Mason County, Illinois is very 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.
Mason City, Illinois: r r d 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 Mason City, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $140 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $10,005 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)