The small town of Monticello, IL (zipcode 61856) is home to a diverse population of around 5,000 people. It's a tight-knit community with a strong sense of civic pride and responsibility. The Town Council consists of five elected officials who work together to ensure the continued wellbeing of their constituents. They also coordinate with county and state agencies to ensure that the citizens receive all the necessary services they need. Every two years during the municipal election cycle, local residents have the opportunity to decide who will represent them in Town Council by voting for their preferred candidates. In addition to local elections, Monticello residents are encouraged to stay informed about current national issues and take part in larger political debates as they see fit.
The political climate in Zip 61856 (Monticello, 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 61856 (Monticello, IL) is strongly conservative.
Monticello, 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.
Monticello, 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 61856 (Monticello)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 323 contributions totaling $32,761 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 104 contributions totaling $60,339 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $580 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)