The city of Emington, Illinois is a small rural town located in Livingston County with a population of just over 300 people. It is a quiet and peaceful town where the local politics are mainly focused on improving the community and the quality of life for everyone living there. Residents take an active role in deciding who will represent them at both the state and local levels as they strive to ensure that their taxes are used responsibly and that their voices are heard when it comes to making important decisions about their town. The current mayor, Joseph Smith, has served since 2018 and works with the city council to discuss issues such as infrastructure improvements, crime prevention, public health initiatives, economic growth projects, and more. Every two years Emington residents cast their ballots in local elections to choose who will serve on the council and make decisions about how to best improve their city.
The political climate in Zip 60934 (Emington, IL) is very conservative.
Livingston County, IL is very conservative. In Livingston County, IL 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Livingston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.9% to 26.8%.
Livingston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60934 (Emington, IL) is very conservative.
Emington, Illinois is very conservative.
Livingston County, Illinois is very conservative.
Pontiac 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.
Emington, 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 60934 (Emington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $30 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)