The city of 62670 New Berlin, IL is a small but vibrant community that is home to around 1,500 residents. Despite its relatively small size, it has a very active political climate. The city is governed by a mayor and six city council members who are responsible for enacting laws and policies that affect the whole community. Local elections are held every two years to elect these officials, and they serve for four-year terms. Residents of 62670 New Berlin, IL also have the opportunity to vote in county and state elections as well. The city strives to ensure that everyone's voice is heard when it comes to deciding on both local and larger-scale issues.
The political climate in Zip 62670 (New Berlin, IL) is somewhat conservative.
Sangamon County, IL is leaning conservative. In Sangamon County, IL 46.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sangamon county remained Republican, 50.9% to 46.5%.
Sangamon county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62670 (New Berlin, IL) is somewhat conservative.
New Berlin, Illinois is somewhat conservative.
Sangamon County, Illinois is leaning conservative.
Springfield Metro Area is leaning 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.
New Berlin, Illinois: R 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 62670 (New Berlin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 123 contributions totaling $787 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $6 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $7,254 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $345 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)