Ozark, IL is a small town located in Montgomery County. It has a beautiful downtown area with an array of shops and restaurants. The residents of Ozark take great pride in the town's history and its many community activities such as the Annual Ozark Pig Roast. The politics in 62972 Ozark, IL are largely driven by local elections for city representatives and mayor. For the 2021 election cycle, several new candidates have been announced for City Council positions. These individuals are passionate about advocating for the needs of their constituents and are eager to work towards making Ozark a better place to live for current and future generations.
The political climate in Zip 62972 (Ozark, IL) is very conservative.
Johnson County, IL is very conservative. In Johnson County, IL 19.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Johnson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.4% to 19.9%.
Johnson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62972 (Ozark, IL) is very conservative.
Ozark, Illinois is very conservative.
Johnson 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.
Ozark, 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 62972 (Ozark)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $1,343 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $70 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)