In 62351 Mendon, IL, politics involve a variety of local and national concerns. At the local level, residents are concerned with issues such as taxes, public safety, health care, education, transportation and infrastructure. They also elect representatives to serve in various government bodies such as city councils and school boards. On the national level, citizens in 62351 Mendon, IL often pay attention to legislation that affects their state and locality as well as representatives in Congress and presidential candidates. While specific local political candidates may not be mentioned here, citizens of 62351 Mendon are encouraged to keep themselves informed about their elected officials so that they can make informed decisions at election time.
The political climate in Zip 62351 (Mendon, IL) is very conservative.
Adams County, IL is very conservative. In Adams County, IL 25.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Adams county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.2% to 25.7%.
Adams county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62351 (Mendon, IL) is very conservative.
Mendon, Illinois is very conservative.
Adams County, Illinois is very conservative.
Quincy Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Mendon, 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 62351 (Mendon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $55 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $14 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $1,290 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)