Decatur, IL 62523 is a small city located in the central part of the state. It is part of Macon County and serves as an important economic center for its surrounding areas. Although Decatur does not have its own mayor or governing body, the citizens are represented by their local state legislature, which is comprised of a mix of Republicans and Democrats from Macon County. These representatives are responsible for making decisions on behalf of Decatur residents with regard to taxes, commercial and industrial development, education initiatives, health care reforms, and other important public matters. They work together with county commissioners to ensure that the needs of Decatur citizens are met in the best possible way. Additionally, many political action committees organize rallies and other events to promote their candidates and causes in Decatur each election year. This ensures that local residents have a say in who represents them at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 62523 (Decatur, IL) is leaning conservative.
Macon County, IL is moderately conservative. In Macon County, IL 40.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Macon county remained very strongly Republican, 57.7% to 40.1%.
Macon county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62523 (Decatur, IL) is leaning conservative.
Decatur, Illinois is leaning conservative.
Macon County, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Decatur 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.
Decatur, Illinois: d r d 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 62523 (Decatur)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $720 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $360 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $233 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)