The small town of Hennepin, IL is located in Putnam County and is part of the Ottawa-Streator Micropolitan Statistical Area. With a population of just over 1,200 people, it is a tight-knit community with many local organizations and services. Politics in 61327 Hennepin are focused around the various municipal offices and services that serve this rural area. The local government consists of a mayor, three trustees and a clerk who are elected by the residents of the area to oversee day-to-day operations and make any necessary decisions. Other local representatives can include school board members, county commissioners and other public officials who work together to ensure the best interests of all 61327 Hennepin residents are met. Residents regularly attend town hall meetings or public hearings to voice their opinions on important matters that affect their community.
The political climate in Zip 61327 (Hennepin, IL) is moderately conservative.
Putnam County, IL is moderately conservative. In Putnam County, IL 39.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Putnam county remained very strongly Republican, 58.7% to 39.4%.
Putnam county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61327 (Hennepin, IL) is moderately conservative.
Hennepin, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Putnam County, Illinois is moderately 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.
Hennepin, Illinois: d d D d 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 61327 (Hennepin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $10 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $10 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $9,300 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,860 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)