The town of 61917 Brocton, IL is a small rural community with approximately 2,000 residents. The local government consists of a mayor and city council that handles all the affairs of the town. The Mayor serves as the official representative of the municipality and is elected by the people. The council works to ensure that municipal services are provided in an effective, efficient, and fiscally responsible manner. All local elections are held in November when citizens can vote for candidates who represent their interests. Recently, there has been some political unrest as some citizens have voiced concerns about certain policies proposed by current leadership. Despite these issues, the town continues to move forward and strive to improve its quality of life for all residents.
The political climate in Zip 61917 (Brocton, IL) is very conservative.
Edgar County, IL is very conservative. In Edgar County, IL 23.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Edgar county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.4% to 23.0%.
Edgar county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61917 (Brocton, IL) is very conservative.
Brocton, Illinois is very conservative.
Edgar 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.
Brocton, 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 61917 (Brocton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $1,290 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $855 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)