Parkersburg, IL is a small town located in Mason County with an estimated population of around 864 people. It has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor being the head of the town and the council representing the citizens. The current mayor is Elmer Schumacher, who has held office since 2013. The current council members are Bob Brown, Jeff Coonradt, and Sue Pohlman. All three were elected to their positions in 2016 and will be up for reelection in 2020. Parkersburg's local politics focus on keeping taxes low and providing quality services to its citizens. Local candidates for any political office must be registered voters in Parkersburg who have lived there for at least six months prior to filing for office. They must also meet certain qualifications outlined in local ordinances before running for office.
The political climate in Zip 62452 (Parkersburg, IL) is very 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 62452 (Parkersburg, IL) is very conservative.
Parkersburg, Illinois is very 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.
Parkersburg, 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 62452 (Parkersburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $2,500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $179 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)