Hammond, IL is a small town located in the 61929 zip code with a population of about 7,000 people. It is an incorporated city located in Lake County and is governed by a Mayor-Council form of government. The current mayor of Hammond is Thomas McDermott Jr., who was elected to his position in 2019. The City Council consists of nine members who represent their respective wards throughout the city. They are responsible for enacting local ordinances as well as setting the budget for various departments and services across the city. Aside from the Mayor and City Council, there are also other local political candidates that run for office each year such as judges, county commissioners, school board members, and other officials. These individuals all strive to make Hammond an even better place to live through their hard work and dedication to the community.
The political climate in Zip 61929 (Hammond, IL) is strongly conservative.
Piatt County, IL is strongly conservative. In Piatt County, IL 33.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Piatt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.4% to 33.8%.
Piatt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61929 (Hammond, IL) is strongly conservative.
Hammond, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Piatt County, Illinois is strongly conservative.
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.
Hammond, 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 61929 (Hammond)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 66 contributions totaling $5,469 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $3,728 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)