The city of Hoopeston, IL is a part of Vermilion County and is located in east-central Illinois. It has a population of around 5,500 citizens and is mostly known for its agricultural production. Politically, Hoopeston is relatively conservative and leans towards favoring Republican candidates. The current mayor of Hoopeston is John Whalen Jr., who was first elected to office in 2011. The City Council consists of five members that are elected at large by the citizens of the city in nonpartisan elections, which occur every two years. Locally, the issues that residents are most concerned with are economic development and job growth. Additionally, there has been an increased focus on public safety in recent years due to a slight increase in crime rates in the region.
The political climate in Zip 60942 (Hoopeston, IL) is moderately conservative.
Vermilion County, IL is very conservative. In Vermilion County, IL 32.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Vermilion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.5% to 32.6%.
Vermilion county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60942 (Hoopeston, IL) is moderately conservative.
Hoopeston, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Vermilion County, Illinois is very conservative.
Danville Metro Area is very 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.
Hoopeston, Illinois: r R d 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 60942 (Hoopeston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $1,325 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $862 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)