The small city of Lewistown, IL (61542) is home to a close-knit community with a strong focus on local politics. The town government, led by the mayor and aldermen, is dedicated to making the town a safe and attractive place to live and visit. Through their leadership, major projects have been completed such as improvements to the town park, new sidewalks in residential areas, and various community activities throughout the year. Lewistown also has its own police department that works hard to keep residents safe. Local elections are held every two years for positions like mayor and alderman. These elections are important for the citizens of Lewistown as they provide them with an opportunity to select leaders who best represent their interests.
The political climate in Zip 61542 (Lewistown, IL) is moderately conservative.
Fulton County, IL is moderately conservative. In Fulton County, IL 38.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fulton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.0% to 38.9%.
Fulton county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61542 (Lewistown, IL) is moderately conservative.
Lewistown, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Fulton County, Illinois is moderately 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.
Lewistown, Illinois: D d D D 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 61542 (Lewistown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $964 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $2,216 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)