Momence, IL is a small town in Kankakee County with a total area of 2.3 square miles. Although it is small in size, the politics of this town have a large influence on its 5,240 inhabitants. The current mayor is Rich Mrozinski, who was elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017 after running unopposed both times. Residents of Momence also belong to the 19th Congressional District of Illinois and are represented by Republican Congressman John Shimkus. In addition to national representation, residents also elect candidates at the state level for both the Illinois House of Representatives and Senate seats. Currently, those two spots are being held by Gary Forby and Michael Hastings, who were both elected in 2016 and will be up for re-election again in 2020. Overall, the politics in Momence remain important to its citizens due to their direct effect local laws and regulations that shape everyday life.
The political climate in Zip 60954 (Momence, IL) is moderately conservative.
Kankakee County, IL is moderately conservative. In Kankakee County, IL 40.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kankakee county remained very strongly Republican, 57.0% to 40.5%.
Kankakee county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60954 (Momence, IL) is moderately conservative.
Momence, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Kankakee County, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Kankakee Metro Area is moderately 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.
Momence, Illinois: r R d 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 60954 (Momence)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 41 contributions totaling $2,542 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $4,438 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)