In 61853 Mahomet, IL, the politics of the area are largely determined by the local government. The local lawmaking body is comprised of a Mayor and six Alderman who are elected officials. They work together to make decisions about the day-to-day operations of the city. For more specific issues, such as zoning or ordinances, they hold public meetings where residents have a chance to express their thoughts and opinions before any decisions are made. Elections for municipal positions are held every four years and voting is open to all citizens over the age of 18. The political atmosphere in 61853 Mahomet, IL is one that encourages active civic participation from its constituents.
The political climate in Zip 61853 (Mahomet, IL) is somewhat liberal.
Champaign County, IL is moderately liberal. In Champaign County, IL 59.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Champaign county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.7% to 36.9%.
Champaign county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61853 (Mahomet, IL) is somewhat liberal.
Mahomet, Illinois is somewhat liberal.
Champaign County, Illinois is moderately liberal.
Champaign-Urbana Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Mahomet, Illinois: d d D d D D
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 61853 (Mahomet)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,949 contributions totaling $73,748 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 157 contributions totaling $27,836 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)