Politics in 61272 New Boston, IL are mainly governed by the city council and mayor. The city council is composed of five members that are elected at large by residents of the town, while the mayor is elected directly by voters. The city council sets policies and makes decisions related to taxation, public works projects and other issues that affect the citizens of New Boston. Additionally, they appoint a variety of staff positions including police officers and city administrators. Overseeing these activities is the mayor who serves as the head of government for New Boston. He or she has the authority to veto decisions made by the city council and also has a say in certain policy areas such as public safety, education, health care, and economic development.
The political climate in Zip 61272 (New Boston, IL) is strongly conservative.
Mercer County, IL is strongly conservative. In Mercer County, IL 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mercer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.8% to 36.8%.
Mercer county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61272 (New Boston, IL) is strongly conservative.
New Boston, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Mercer County, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island Metro Area is leaning 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.
New Boston, Illinois: d d D d 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 61272 (New Boston)
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 3 contributions totaling $225 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)