The small village of Armington, IL (zip code 61721) is located in McLean County and is a part of the Bloomington-Normal Metropolitan Statistical Area. While it has a small population, Armington's politics are anything but quiet. Every four years, local political candidates from both major parties compete to be elected for municipal positions such as mayor, clerk, treasurer, and Village Trustee. These elections are always closely contested and have the potential to drastically shape the future of the community. The current mayor, Marcus Miller, was elected in 2016 with a slim margin of victory and has served two terms since. In addition to elections for local government representation, residents also vote on various state and national issues that affect their quality of life. Armington is a unique place where people come together to participate in their community’s politics as they strive for a better tomorrow.
The political climate in Zip 61721 (Armington, IL) is strongly conservative.
Tazewell County, IL is strongly conservative. In Tazewell County, IL 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tazewell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 35.8%.
Tazewell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61721 (Armington, IL) is strongly conservative.
Armington, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Tazewell County, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Peoria Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Armington, 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 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 61721 (Armington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $25 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $1,162 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)