The small town of De Soto, IL, located in Jackson County, is a close-knit community with a population of just under 3,000 people. While the town itself does not have its own local political candidates running for office, there are many state and national representatives that serve the De Soto area. Senator Dick Durbin is one such representative who serves the entire state of Illinois. His team works hard to ensure that the people of De Soto have access to the resources they need to thrive. Additionally, Representative Mike Bost represents the 12th Congressional District which includes much of Jackson County and De Soto. The people of De Soto benefit from having these two representatives advocating on their behalf in Washington D.C.
The political climate in Zip 62924 (De Soto, IL) is leaning conservative.
Jackson County, IL is leaning liberal. In Jackson County, IL 49.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained narrowly Democratic, 49.2% to 47.9%.
Jackson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62924 (De Soto, IL) is leaning conservative.
De Soto, Illinois is leaning conservative.
Jackson County, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Carbondale-Marion Metro Area is moderately 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.
De Soto, 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 62924 (De Soto)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $50 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 197 contributions totaling $13,079 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)