The small village of Argenta, Illinois (62501) is governed by a board of trustees and a mayor. The current mayor is Steve R. Lessenberry who was elected in 2017. The trustees are Christopher J. Grod, Brian Smith, Robert M. Darnell, Christiaan P. Bowers and Bill Whitehouse Jr. Each trustee serves a six-year term with the exception of the mayor who serves four years at a time. Local elections take place in April of odd-numbered years with the current Board of Trustees up for election in 2021.
Argenta boasts an active and engaged citizenry that takes part in the local politics through voting and other civic-minded activities such as attending town meetings and participating in community projects. Local politicians work together to ensure that Argenta remains a safe and vibrant community for all its residents. Additionally, they strive to keep taxes low while still providing necessary services such as garbage pickup, road maintenance and public safety measures like police protection.
The political climate in Zip 62501 (Argenta, IL) is moderately conservative.
Macon County, IL is moderately conservative. In Macon County, IL 40.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Macon county remained very strongly Republican, 57.7% to 40.1%.
Macon county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62501 (Argenta, IL) is moderately conservative.
Argenta, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Macon County, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Decatur 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.
Argenta, Illinois: d 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 62501 (Argenta)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $1,632 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $1,892 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)