The small rural town of Ivesdale, IL (zip code 61851) is home to a tight-knit community. Located in Champaign County, Ivesdale has a population of just over 300 people. The political atmosphere in this small community is often dominated by local issues that are important to residents. Many residents take part in the annual election of the mayor and two trustees who make up the village board, which makes decisions regarding budgetary and zoning matters. There is also an active resident-led political action committee that works on behalf of the citizens to address issues such as economic development and public safety. As a result of their advocacy efforts, Ivesdale proudly enjoys low taxes and excellent public services in spite of its small size.
The political climate in Zip 61851 (Ivesdale, IL) is leaning liberal.
Champaign County, IL is moderately liberal. In Champaign County, IL 59.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Champaign county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.7% to 36.9%.
Champaign county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61851 (Ivesdale, IL) is leaning liberal.
Ivesdale, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Champaign County, Illinois is moderately liberal.
Champaign-Urbana Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Ivesdale, Illinois: d d D d D 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 61851 (Ivesdale)
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 136 contributions totaling $8,415 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)