The small town of Elkhart, IL (zip code 62634) is located in Logan County, and is governed by a village president and six trustees. The town holds elections every two years in April for these positions. Currently, the village president is Lee Harman. Under his leadership, the town has seen great improvements to their infrastructure including new roads and buildings. The trustees are responsible for managing the budget and ensuring that municipal services are provided to residents in a timely manner. They also work with local businesses to ensure that everyone has access to jobs and resources within the community.
The political climate in Zip 62634 (Elkhart, IL) is very conservative.
Logan County, IL is very conservative. In Logan County, IL 28.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Logan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.6% to 28.8%.
Logan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62634 (Elkhart, IL) is very conservative.
Elkhart, Illinois is very conservative.
Logan County, Illinois is very conservative.
Lincoln 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.
Elkhart, 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 62634 (Elkhart)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $81 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $1,185 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)