The small town of La Fayette, IL is located in Macon County with a population of 61449. The politics in La Fayette are centered around local initiatives and the impact it has on the community. Important topics include infrastructure, education, economic development, public safety, and workforce development. Local elections typically feature candidates from both major parties who strive to improve the quality of life in the area. Residents of La Fayette can be heard discussing issues such as taxation rates, property values, zoning laws and other topics that affect their daily lives. Overall, the political environment in La Fayette is one that encourages participation and dialogue in order to ensure that improvement continues throughout the town.
The political climate in Zip 61449 (La Fayette, IL) is very conservative.
Stark County, IL is very conservative. In Stark County, IL 28.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stark county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.4% to 28.2%.
Stark county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61449 (La Fayette, IL) is very conservative.
La Fayette, Illinois is very conservative.
Stark County, Illinois is very conservative.
Peoria Metro Area is somewhat 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.
La Fayette, 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 61449 (La Fayette)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $755 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)