The politics of 61843 Fisher, IL are dominated by a range of different local issues. The city is governed by a mayor and several city council members who serve on various committees that manage the city's finances, public works projects, and social services. Members of the community are actively involved in discussing local political topics such as taxes, public safety, education, environmental protection, poverty relief and economic development. Residents also come together to support various initiatives to improve the quality of life for all citizens in the area. There are several organizations helping to keep citizens informed about the latest news and developments in local politics or offering advice on how they can influence decision-making process at the municipal level. The residents of 61843 Fisher, IL take their responsibility to participate in civic life seriously and strive to be a model example of civic engagement for other towns across Illinois.
The political climate in Zip 61843 (Fisher, IL) is leaning liberal.
Champaign County, IL is moderately liberal. In Champaign County, IL 59.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Champaign county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.7% to 36.9%.
Champaign county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61843 (Fisher, IL) is leaning liberal.
Fisher, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Champaign County, Illinois is moderately liberal.
Champaign-Urbana Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Fisher, Illinois: d d D d D D
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 61843 (Fisher)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $2,850 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)