The small village of Bement, IL is located in Piatt county and has a population of 1,717 as of the 2010 census. The political landscape in 61813 Bement, IL has been relatively quiet in recent years with no major local issues or candidates on the ballot. That said, the village does have representation at the county level and is represented by County Board Member Gary Kessler. Kessler was elected to serve on the Piatt County Board in 2012 and is currently serving his third term. He has been active in working with local governments on legislation related to economic growth and public safety initiatives. Additionally, he serves on several committees within the county board including finance, health, and public works. As a city council member for over five years he is also well-versed in matters related to budgetary policy and infrastructure development. It's clear that Mr Kessler brings considerable experience to bear when it comes to representing his constituents in 61813 Bement, IL at the county level.
The political climate in Zip 61813 (Bement, IL) is strongly conservative.
Piatt County, IL is strongly conservative. In Piatt County, IL 33.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Piatt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.4% to 33.8%.
Piatt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61813 (Bement, IL) is strongly conservative.
Bement, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Piatt County, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Champaign-Urbana Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Bement, 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 61813 (Bement)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 163 contributions totaling $18,681 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)