The small town of Carman, IL (zip code 61425) is situated in the heart of rural Illinois, and is known for its friendly small-town atmosphere. Despite its size, Carman has an active political life. The town is represented in the Illinois General Assembly by Representative Dan Swanson, who was first elected in 2016. At the local level, the mayor is Kelly Thompson, and he is supported by a City Council comprised of five members elected at large from the community. Carman also participates in county politics through Mercer County led by Board Chair Evan Bergstrom. The city strives to maintain a balanced approach to government that allows individual citizens to have their voices heard while ensuring responsible growth and development for Carman's future.
The political climate in Zip 61425 (Carman, IL) is strongly conservative.
Henderson County, IL is very conservative. In Henderson County, IL 32.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Henderson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.5% to 32.5%.
Henderson county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61425 (Carman, IL) is strongly conservative.
Carman, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Henderson County, Illinois is very conservative.
Burlington 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.
Carman, Illinois: d d D D 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 61425 (Carman)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $38 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $910 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)