The small town of Lerna, IL (zip code 62440) is located in Coles County and is a part of the Charleston Metropolitan Area. Although Lerna has a population of less than 1000 residents, it still has an active local political presence. Residents of Lerna are involved in local issues and passionately express their opinions when it comes to the future direction of the town. Political events are often held at the local civic center, and there are many opportunities for citizens to make their voices heard. Local candidates running for office often come from various backgrounds and have different ideas for how to improve the community. Despite its small size, Lerna has a strong political presence that allows residents to be heard and create positive change throughout the town.
The political climate in Zip 62440 (Lerna, IL) is strongly conservative.
Coles County, IL is strongly conservative. In Coles County, IL 35.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Coles county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.9% to 35.6%.
Coles county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62440 (Lerna, IL) is strongly conservative.
Lerna, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Coles County, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Charleston-Mattoon 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.
Lerna, 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 62440 (Lerna)
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 12 contributions totaling $7,335 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $611 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)