The small village of Kilbourne, IL 62655 is part of Mason County and is governed by a mayor-council system. The current mayor is Penny Thieme, who was elected in 2018. The rest of the village's government consists of four trustees and one clerk, all elected at large on a partisan ballot for 4 year terms. Every two years, two of the trustees are up for re-election. Currently, the trustees are Tammy Keller, Jill Jones, Mike Brown and Tom Williams. The clerk is Suzanne Johnson.
Kilbourne has an engaged citizenry that regularly attends town meetings and participates in local politics to keep Kilbourne running smoothly. Every election cycle brings a new set of challenges as residents seek to elect leaders who can steer the community in the right direction. Local political candidates often campaign on promises to improve infrastructure, attract new businesses, and enhance quality of life for Kilbourne residents.
The political climate in Zip 62655 (Kilbourne, IL) is very conservative.
Mason County, IL is very conservative. In Mason County, IL 29.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mason county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.6% to 29.3%.
Mason county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62655 (Kilbourne, IL) is very conservative.
Kilbourne, Illinois is very conservative.
Mason County, Illinois is very conservative.
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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.
Kilbourne, 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 62655 (Kilbourne)
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 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)