Mount Vernon, IL 62864 is a rural area with a small population of around 16,250 people. It is located in Jefferson County and is part of the Mount Vernon Township. The city has a mayor-council type of government that provides citizens with access to local services. The current Mayor is John Lewis, who was elected in 2017. He is supported by six council members, who serve four-year terms. The council members are responsible for overseeing the budget and managing the day-to-day operations of the city. A number of local ballot issues are presented to residents each election cycle, including bond measures, tax increases, and other important decisions about how public funds are spent. Mount Vernon also plays an active role in regional politics and works with neighboring townships to address issues such as infrastructure spending and economic development opportunities.
The political climate in Zip 62864 (Mount Vernon, IL) is strongly conservative.
Jefferson County, IL is very conservative. In Jefferson County, IL 26.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.6% to 26.4%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62864 (Mount Vernon, IL) is strongly conservative.
Mount Vernon, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Jefferson County, Illinois is very conservative.
Mount Vernon 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.
Mount Vernon, 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 62864 (Mount Vernon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 342 contributions totaling $32,155 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 322 contributions totaling $195,862 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $608 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)