Mansfield, IL is a small town located in Piatt County and is home to about 618 people. It is an area that is politically represented by the members of the Illinois House of Representatives and the United States Senate. There are no local political candidates representing this area at this time, as it is a small town with a limited population. However, the residents of Mansfield are always actively involved in the political process, making sure their voices are heard by their representatives.
The political climate in Zip 61854 (Mansfield, IL) is strongly conservative.
Piatt County, IL is strongly conservative. In Piatt County, IL 33.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Piatt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.4% to 33.8%.
Piatt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61854 (Mansfield, IL) is strongly conservative.
Mansfield, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Piatt County, Illinois is strongly conservative.
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.
Mansfield, 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 61854 (Mansfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43 contributions totaling $1,390 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $1,740 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)