The politics of Nokomis, IL (zip code 62075) are heavily influenced by the local government. The City of Nokomis is governed by a Mayor and 6 Aldermen, who are all elected to two-year terms. The city takes its name from Chief Nokomis, a leader of the Potawatomi tribe who lived in the area during the early 19th century. The current mayor, Michael Mitchell, was re-elected in 2020 for his second consecutive term. Some of the current members of the Alderman Board include Bruce Englander, John Bostick, and Steve Kuchenbecker. Together they work to ensure that local issues such as public safety, economic development, community services, zoning regulations and ordinances are addressed with due diligence and competence.
The political climate in Zip 62075 (Nokomis, IL) is strongly conservative.
Montgomery County, IL is very conservative. In Montgomery County, IL 28.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.4% to 28.4%.
Montgomery county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62075 (Nokomis, IL) is strongly conservative.
Nokomis, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Montgomery 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.
Nokomis, 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 62075 (Nokomis)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 41 contributions totaling $4,340 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $16,470 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $329 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)