61748 Hudson, IL is a small town in Illinois that is home to just over 1,000 people. It is part of the McLean County and falls within District 87 for the Illinois House of Representatives. Representative Dan Brady currently represents this district, and he has held this seat since 2003 through his leadership on education, healthcare, and public safety initiatives. In addition to Congressman Brady, several other local political candidates have recently been elected to work on behalf of the citizens of 61748 Hudson, IL. These candidates include Mayor Leslie Kramer, City Clerk Kim Miller, City Treasurer Frank Henley and Alderman Mike Skelton who are all dedicated to making Hudson a great place to live by working together with local businesses and community members. They strive to ensure that everyone in 61748 Hudson has access to quality services, infrastructure improvements, safe neighborhoods and jobs.
The political climate in Zip 61748 (Hudson, IL) is leaning conservative.
McLean County, IL is leaning liberal. In McLean County, IL 50.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McLean county flipped Democratic, 50.3% to 46.3%.
McLean county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61748 (Hudson, IL) is leaning conservative.
Hudson, Illinois is leaning conservative.
McLean County, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Bloomington Metro Area is leaning 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.
Hudson, Illinois: R R d R r d
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 61748 (Hudson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $5,381 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $7,925 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $240 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)