Effingham, IL is located in Effingham County and is home to a population of 12,322 people. Politically, the city is represented by State Senator Andy Manar and State Representatives Avery Bourne and Brad Halbrook. The City Council consists of eight members elected by ward. Mayor Jeff Bloemker serves as the city's official representative and oversees all operations. Council meetings are held twice a month on the first and third Mondays at 6:30 pm. In addition, voters in the area can participate in important decisions like approving or rejecting bond proposals that affect local infrastructure projects. Additionally, local elections are held each April for mayor, city council members, and other municipal positions such as treasurer or clerk. Citizens of Effingham have an opportunity to get involved in their community's political process and take part in making decisions that will shape the future of their city.
The political climate in Zip 62401 (Effingham, IL) is strongly conservative.
Effingham County, IL is very conservative. In Effingham County, IL 19.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Effingham county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.6% to 19.5%.
Effingham county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62401 (Effingham, IL) is strongly conservative.
Effingham, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Effingham County, Illinois is very conservative.
Effingham 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.
Effingham, 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 62401 (Effingham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 231 contributions totaling $14,130 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 233 contributions totaling $136,352 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $585 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)