The small, rural town of Herod, IL (zip code 62947) is home to a vibrant and tightly-knit community. Politically, the locals are engaged and enthusiastic about their local representatives. The town council is made up of diverse leaders from all walks of life who collaborate to ensure that their voices are heard both locally and in the state legislature. As a community with an active political role, it is not uncommon to find campaigning for local candidates leading up to elections. Residents have the opportunity to become involved in politics through attending rallies or volunteer work for campaigns. Local events often give residents a platform to discuss important issues facing the community and help develop solutions that will benefit everyone in Herod.
The political climate in Zip 62947 (Herod, IL) is very conservative.
Pope County, IL is very conservative. In Pope County, IL 19.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pope county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.1% to 19.9%.
Pope county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62947 (Herod, IL) is very conservative.
Herod, Illinois is very conservative.
Pope 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.
Herod, 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 62947 (Herod)
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 16 contributions totaling $1,186 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)