The small city of Kinmundy, IL (population 2,257) is part of Marion County and is a small rural community that has seen a decrease in population since 2000. Although the city is not large enough to elect any mayors or council members, it does have representation in state and local politics. The city falls within the 108th district of the Illinois House of Representatives, which is represented by Republican Representative Avery Bourne. Additionally, the city holds its own local elections for a variety of community positions such as school board members and township officials. Voter turnout for these elections tends to be low due to the small population size but those who do participate are passionate about their political decisions.
The political climate in Zip 62854 (Kinmundy, IL) is very conservative.
Marion County, IL is very conservative. In Marion County, IL 25.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.5% to 25.9%.
Marion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62854 (Kinmundy, IL) is very conservative.
Kinmundy, Illinois is very conservative.
Marion County, Illinois is very conservative.
Centralia 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.
Kinmundy, 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 62854 (Kinmundy)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $295 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $11,669 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,945 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)