Located in Williamson County, Herrin is a town of approximately 11,000 people. Herrin's local government is managed by the Herrin City Council, which is composed of six members who are elected for four-year terms. The council is responsible for making policy decisions that serve to benefit the community and enacting budgets. The current mayor of Herrin is Steve Frattini, who has served since 2009 and been re-elected multiple times throughout his tenure. Additionally, the city has a mayor-appointed police chief who oversees a small force consisting of officers dedicated to keeping the public safe and enforcing laws. Furthermore, Herrin also works with Williamson County officials on larger issues such as transportation infrastructure and economic development initiatives. In summary, politics in 62948 Herrin, IL are led by an experienced mayor and local representatives with a clear focus on improving the well-being of its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 62948 (Herrin, IL) is strongly conservative.
Williamson County, IL is very conservative. In Williamson County, IL 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Williamson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.6% to 30.3%.
Williamson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62948 (Herrin, IL) is strongly conservative.
Herrin, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Williamson County, Illinois is very conservative.
Carbondale-Marion 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.
Herrin, 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 62948 (Herrin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 275 contributions totaling $9,089 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 92 contributions totaling $23,908 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $260 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)