Hamburg, Illinois is a small rural village located in McDonough County. The population of 62045 Hamburg is estimated to be around 600 people as of 2020. This town has a long history, beginning with it being the site of the first post office in McDonough County in 1848. Since then, Hamburg has been involved in local politics, electing officials to represent their interests on both state and federal levels. Hamburg is currently served by State Representative Norine Hammond for the 93rd District of the Illinois House of Representatives and Senator Jil Tracy for the 47th District of the Illinois Senate. Federal representatives include U.S. Congressman Darin LaHood for the 18th Congressional District and U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, who are both Democrats serving all of Illinois' citizens. These elected officials focus on issues such as economic development, health care access, education and public safety within their respective districts and beyond. Together they are committed to providing citizens with a voice on these important matters to ensure quality living standards throughout Illinois’ diverse landscapes.
The political climate in Zip 62045 (Hamburg, IL) is very conservative.
Calhoun County, IL is very conservative. In Calhoun County, IL 24.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calhoun county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.8% to 24.4%.
Calhoun county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62045 (Hamburg, IL) is very conservative.
Hamburg, Illinois is very conservative.
Calhoun County, Illinois is very conservative.
St. Louis Metro Area is leaning 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.
Hamburg, Illinois: d d d 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 62045 (Hamburg)
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 $50 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)