Johnston City, IL (62951), is a small town in the state of Illinois with a population of around 1,700 people. It is a rural area with a strong sense of community, but it does not have its own local political leaders or candidates. Nevertheless, the citizens are deeply involved in politics and passionate about their beliefs and values. They stay up-to-date on current issues and take action by engaging in debates, attending public forums, and writing letters to elected officials. Despite not having any local political candidates their voices are still heard at the state and federal levels as they band together to support various issues and causes that they believe will benefit their community.
The political climate in Zip 62951 (Johnston City, 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 62951 (Johnston City, IL) is strongly conservative.
Johnston City, 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.
Johnston City, 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 62951 (Johnston City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $628 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $10,780 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $284 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)