Harmon, Illinois is a small town located in the heart of the Midwest. Despite its size, Harmon has an active and engaged political community. The politicians who serve this small town strive to promote policies that will benefit the citizens of 61042. Many elections are held on a regular basis to ensure that local voices are heard and their perspectives given a platform to be heard. The main focus of politics in Harmon, IL is on issues such as education, infrastructure, and economic opportunity for the citizens of 61042. Local political parties are actively involved in these discussions and help to shape public opinion on important topics. With ongoing debates over taxes, school districts, and crime rates, local politics remain vibrant in Harmon, IL.
The political climate in Zip 61042 (Harmon, IL) is strongly conservative.
Lee County, IL is moderately conservative. In Lee County, IL 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lee county remained very strongly Republican, 58.6% to 39.0%.
Lee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61042 (Harmon, IL) is strongly conservative.
Harmon, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Lee County, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Dixon Metro Area is moderately 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.
Harmon, 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 61042 (Harmon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 332 contributions totaling $2,460 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $7 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)