Olmsted, IL (62970) is located in Johnson County and is a small town with a tight-knit community. Politically, the area leans conservative and there are several local politicians that are popular among the citizens. In 2017, Republican candidate Wayne Wall won the mayoral election by an overwhelming majority, followed by two other Republicans for the two open seats on the City Council. Other than that, most of the political news in Olmsted comes from state and national elections. While candidates come to town every few years to promote their platforms and values, local residents generally stick with their existing representatives when it comes to voting in state and federal races.
The political climate in Zip 62970 (Olmsted, IL) is strongly conservative.
Pulaski County, IL is strongly conservative. In Pulaski County, IL 33.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pulaski county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.6% to 33.9%.
Pulaski county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62970 (Olmsted, IL) is strongly conservative.
Olmsted, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Pulaski County, Illinois is strongly 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.
Olmsted, 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 62970 (Olmsted)
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 6 contributions totaling $336 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)