Farmer City, IL is located in DeWitt County and is a small rural community with a population of approximately 4,000 people. The town is home to many family-owned businesses and has a strong sense of community. In terms of local politics, the city is run by a seven-member City Council which meets on the first and third Monday of every month. In addition to the Mayor, four council members are elected on an at-large basis from the entire city and two members are elected from each of the two wards. Farmer City works hard to ensure that all voices in the community are heard when local political decisions are being made. Recently, there have been several initiatives to improve infrastructure in the area as well as create more recreational opportunities for residents. There is also great emphasis placed on making sure that taxes remain low and that services to citizens remain high quality.
The political climate in Zip 61842 (Farmer City, IL) is very conservative.
De Witt County, IL is very conservative. In De Witt County, IL 27.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, De Witt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.1% to 27.3%.
De Witt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61842 (Farmer City, IL) is very conservative.
Farmer City, Illinois is very conservative.
De Witt County, Illinois is very conservative.
Bloomington Metro Area is leaning 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.
Farmer City, 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 61842 (Farmer City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $628 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $4,239 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)