The town of Brimfield, IL is a small community located in Peoria County with an estimated population of less than 3,000 people. Brimfield is governed by a mayor and six trustees who make up the village board. The mayor is elected for a four-year term, while the trustees are elected to two-year terms. Local issues concerning public safety and quality of life are overseen by these governing figures. There are no local political candidates currently running for office within Brimfield but the citizens of this community have been supportive of the current mayor and village board members since they took office in 2015. Residents regularly attend village board meetings where they can voice their opinions on current issues that affect their quality of life within the village.
The political climate in Zip 61517 (Brimfield, IL) is leaning conservative.
Peoria County, IL is leaning liberal. In Peoria County, IL 51.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Peoria county remained moderately Democratic, 51.9% to 45.6%.
Peoria county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61517 (Brimfield, IL) is leaning conservative.
Brimfield, Illinois is leaning conservative.
Peoria County, Illinois is leaning liberal.
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.
Brimfield, Illinois: d d D d d d
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 61517 (Brimfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 63 contributions totaling $3,530 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $24,206 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $403 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)