The small town of Lakewood, IL (zip code 62438) is home to about 1,400 people and is located in Jasper County. Despite its small size, it still has an active local political landscape. Lakewood residents have some important decisions to make when it comes to local politics since they will be electing local officials such as the mayor and city council members. Every year, residents can also participate in state and federal elections that affect their community. The town prides itself on having a vibrant political culture with citizens that are passionate about making sure that their voices are heard in the community. Additionally, there are regular forums held throughout the year for citizens to discuss important issues facing the town and ask questions of their elected representatives. All of this contributes to making a strong and engaged democracy in Lakewood, IL.
The political climate in Zip 62438 (Lakewood, IL) is strongly conservative.
Shelby County, IL is very conservative. In Shelby County, IL 20.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shelby county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.8% to 20.7%.
Shelby county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62438 (Lakewood, IL) is strongly conservative.
Lakewood, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Shelby 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.
Lakewood, 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 62438 (Lakewood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $216 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)