Cobden, Illinois is a small town located in Union County with a population of about 1,300. The local politics in Cobden are mainly driven by the mayor and council, who make decisions on topics such as taxation, infrastructure development, and community initiatives. The current Mayor of Cobden is David Hartman, who has been leading the town since 2016. He is joined on the Council by four other members: Jennifer Lowe, Jerry Moore, Daniel Ibarra, and Kevin Robinson. Together they work to keep Cobden running smoothly and ensure that all its residents have their needs met. As a small town with limited resources and a tight budget, the Mayor and Council must carefully consider how best to manage the finances while still providing services for the community.
The political climate in Zip 62920 (Cobden, IL) is very conservative.
Union County, IL is very conservative. In Union County, IL 29.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.2% to 29.0%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62920 (Cobden, IL) is very conservative.
Cobden, Illinois is very conservative.
Union 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.
Cobden, 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 62920 (Cobden)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $3,130 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 57 contributions totaling $31,915 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $560 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)