Mound City, IL is located in Pulaski County and is a small rural community with a population of approximately 1,400 citizens. The local political landscape in Mound City, IL consists of candidates from both major parties running for office at the state, county, and municipal levels. These candidates are determined each election cycle by the local party officials and are usually well known among the local population. These candidates have the responsibility of representing the interests of all constituents in Mound City, IL and engaging their fellow citizens in meaningful dialogue about the future of their community. In addition to candidate elections, Mound City residents also get to vote on important issues such as property taxes, bond referendums, or zoning decisions that can shape what kind of city they live in. Participation in these processes is essential to ensure that Mound City is a place where everyone feels represented in both their government and communities.
The political climate in Zip 62963 (Mound City, IL) is somewhat conservative.
Pulaski County, IL is strongly conservative. In Pulaski County, IL 33.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pulaski county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.6% to 33.9%.
Pulaski county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62963 (Mound City, IL) is somewhat conservative.
Mound City, Illinois is somewhat conservative.
Pulaski County, Illinois is strongly 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.
Mound City, Illinois: d 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 62963 (Mound City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)