The small town of Belknap, IL, located in Williamson County, is home to just over 400 people. Despite its small population size, the politics of 62908 Belknap are important to the residents. The mayor of Belknap is Steve Williams and he has been in office since 2021. The current board trustees for the town include Michael Smith and Tammy Ellis. They have been serving on the board since 2018 and 2019 respectively. In addition to the mayor and board trustees, the local government also includes a city clerk, treasurer, assessor and more who all work together to ensure that Belknap's citizens are well taken care of. With such a small population size in Belknap, it is important for each individual to show up at local political events and have their voice heard on important matters that will shape their community's future.
The political climate in Zip 62908 (Belknap, IL) is very conservative.
Johnson County, IL is very conservative. In Johnson County, IL 19.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Johnson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.4% to 19.9%.
Johnson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62908 (Belknap, IL) is very conservative.
Belknap, Illinois is very conservative.
Johnson County, Illinois is very conservative.
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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.
Belknap, 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 62908 (Belknap)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $1,215 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $243 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)