Macomb, IL is a small town in McDonough County with a population of around 19,000 people. The local politics of 61455 Macomb, IL are mainly centered around the city council and mayor’s office. The current mayor is Mike Inman and the current city council consists of nine members from across the city. Together, they handle a variety of tasks for the citizens of Macomb including setting budgets, managing taxes and fees, developing zoning laws, and addressing infrastructure needs. Additionally, local elections are held periodically to select representatives from each of the nine wards within the town. This allows citizens to have their voices heard and helps keep their government accountable. As such, Macomb’s political system serves as an example for other smaller cities looking to ensure fair representation in their own governments.
The political climate in Zip 61455 (Macomb, IL) is leaning conservative.
McDonough County, IL is moderately conservative. In McDonough County, IL 40.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McDonough county remained very strongly Republican, 57.0% to 40.5%.
McDonough county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61455 (Macomb, IL) is leaning conservative.
Macomb, Illinois is leaning conservative.
McDonough County, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Macomb Metro Area 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.
Macomb, 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 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 61455 (Macomb)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,007 contributions totaling $78,886 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 253 contributions totaling $28,026 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)