The city of Mount Sterling, IL (62353) is a small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of just over 4,000 residents, Mount Sterling is known for its friendly atmosphere and rich history. Politically, the town is represented in the Illinois House of Representatives by Republican Amy Elikirk and in the Illinois Senate by Republican Chapin Rose. The Mayor of Mount Sterling is Denny McCracken, who has served since 2017. Mount Sterling also has an active City Council that meets regularly to discuss local issues and pass ordinances that affect all residents. The people of Mount Sterling are very dedicated to their communities and strive to ensure that their voices are heard on local matters. Overall, politics within 62353 Mount Sterling, IL are centered around finding ways to improve the community by representing all voices fairly.
The political climate in Zip 62353 (Mount Sterling, IL) is strongly conservative.
Brown County, IL is very conservative. In Brown County, IL 19.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brown county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.5% to 19.2%.
Brown county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62353 (Mount Sterling, IL) is strongly conservative.
Mount Sterling, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Brown 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.
Mount Sterling, 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 62353 (Mount Sterling)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $1,675 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $8,745 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $312 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)