Flora, IL is located in Clay County and has a population of 4,500. It is home to many different aspects of politics, from local city councils to state representatives. The mayor of Flora is Robert Arthur, who was elected in 2017 and serves alongside four other commissioners. They are responsible for developing the city's budget as well as taking care of its citizens and upholding all laws and regulations. On the state level, Flora is represented at the Illinois General Assembly by State Representative Mike Marron. He was first elected in 2015 and serves on numerous committees, including Human Services Appropriations, Higher Education Appropriations, Mental Health Committee and Agriculture & Conservation. Overall, Flora is a small town that takes pride in its local government and strives to ensure fair representation for all citizens.
The political climate in Zip 62839 (Flora, IL) is strongly conservative.
Clay County, IL is very conservative. In Clay County, IL 16.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.6% to 16.4%.
Clay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62839 (Flora, IL) is strongly conservative.
Flora, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Clay County, Illinois is very conservative.
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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.
Flora, 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 62839 (Flora)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 155 contributions totaling $12,331 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 78 contributions totaling $5,876 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)