Olney, IL is a city located in Richland County. It has been an important political center in the area for many years, and its citizens are highly engaged in local politics. The city is served by several elected officials, including a Mayor who is responsible for managing the city’s finances and overseeing its day-to-day operations. The Mayor works closely with the City Council to ensure that Olney’s residents have access to quality services such as public safety, infrastructure maintenance, and other municipal services. In addition to these positions, Olney also has representatives in the Illinois House of Representatives and Senate who ensure that their constituents’ voices are heard in state government. All of these political figures work together to ensure that Olney remains a vibrant community with an attractive climate for business growth and economic development.
The political climate in Zip 62450 (Olney, IL) is strongly conservative.
Richland County, IL is very conservative. In Richland County, IL 22.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Richland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.4% to 22.7%.
Richland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62450 (Olney, IL) is strongly conservative.
Olney, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Richland 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.
Olney, 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 62450 (Olney)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 698 contributions totaling $14,680 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $11,804 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)