Flanagan, IL is a small village located in Livingston County that has a population of 617 people according to the 2018 United States Census. Politically, Flanagan is strongly influenced by the Republican Party and its political candidates. Historically, Flanagan's local races have typically been won by Republicans as they remain the dominant party in the area. Currently, there are no local political candidates running for office in 61740. In past elections, citizens of Flanagan have voted for Republican candidates and issues more often than not. This would suggest that if any new political candidates were to run for office within this area, they would most likely succeed if running under the Republican Party.
The political climate in Zip 61740 (Flanagan, 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 61740 (Flanagan, IL) is very conservative.
Flanagan, 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.
Flanagan, 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 61740 (Flanagan)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $292 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)