The small community of Brookport, IL (Zip Code 62910) is located in Massac County. Like many of its neighboring communities, Brookport is governed by a mayor and board of trustees who oversee local affairs. The mayor and trustees are elected by the residents of the area on a four-year term basis. The town’s current mayor is Marsha Williams, who was reelected in 2018 for her third term. Her primary focus has been on improving the town’s infrastructure and public services while keeping taxes low. The Board of Trustees consists of seven members: Aldermen Tim Turner, Kathy Smith, John Jones, Gary Johnson, Susan White, Paul Anderson, and Wilma Barnes. Together they are tasked with setting policies that affect citizens in the areas of law enforcement and public safety, economic development and education. Working together they strive to make Brookport an attractive place to live for both its citizens and visitors alike.
The political climate in Zip 62910 (Brookport, IL) is very conservative.
Massac County, IL is very conservative. In Massac County, IL 25.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Massac county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.3% to 25.3%.
Massac county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62910 (Brookport, IL) is very conservative.
Brookport, Illinois is very conservative.
Massac County, Illinois is very conservative.
Paducah Metro Area is very 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.
Brookport, 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 62910 (Brookport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $215 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 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)