Lovington, IL is a small town in Moultrie County with a population of approximately 1,817 people. The politics of the Lovington community are determined by the elected city officials who make up its City Council and Mayor. The current Mayor of Lovington is Mike Thacker and the City Council consists of several members including: Amber Barnfield, Matt Bowers, Don Duncan, Jason Garrard, Lionel Landers, Theresa Lunsford, Brad Morris and Steve Stolte. These elected officials are responsible for establishing laws and regulations that govern the town as well as approving budgets for various aspects of public works such as road projects or infrastructure improvements. Additionally, these individuals represent the interests of their constituents in state government matters impacting the citizens of Lovington.
The political climate in Zip 61937 (Lovington, IL) is very conservative.
Moultrie County, IL is very conservative. In Moultrie County, IL 24.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Moultrie county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.5% to 24.6%.
Moultrie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61937 (Lovington, IL) is very conservative.
Lovington, Illinois is very conservative.
Moultrie 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.
Lovington, 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 61937 (Lovington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $478 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $1,531 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)