Marshall, IL is located in Clark County and has a population of approximately 5,600 people. This small town is served by a Mayor-Council form of government, with 6 members on the council including a Mayor and an Alderman from each of the three wards of the city. The current mayor is James Gray Jr., who was elected in 2019. The town also elects a City Clerk and Treasurer to serve in administrative positions. Marshall's political landscape often focuses on promoting economic growth and improving educational opportunities within the community. The city council works to provide citizens with quality services such as public safety, infrastructure maintenance, recreation activities, and support for local businesses. Recent initiatives include additional funding for public parks, expanded recreational programs, and improvements to water systems in order to better serve citizens' needs.
The political climate in Zip 62441 (Marshall, IL) is very conservative.
Clark County, IL is very conservative. In Clark County, IL 23.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clark county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.4% to 23.8%.
Clark county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62441 (Marshall, IL) is very conservative.
Marshall, Illinois is very conservative.
Clark 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.
Marshall, 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 62441 (Marshall)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 306 contributions totaling $18,540 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69 contributions totaling $22,870 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $331 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)