Petersburg, IL 62675 is a small town located in central Illinois. The town has two main political parties - the Republican and Democratic parties - which both have a presence in the community. While some of the local elections are non-partisan, typically both major parties nominate candidates to run for mayor, city council, school board, and other local offices. Each party's platform varies from election cycle to cycle depending on current issues that are important to the citizens of Petersburg. Candidates will often have differing opinions on how best to address any given issue with some focusing on improving public safety while others focus on providing better education opportunities or job growth. Regardless of what platform any particular candidate runs on, residents of Petersburg can be sure that they will always have a choice when it comes to who will represent them at the local level.
The political climate in Zip 62675 (Petersburg, IL) is strongly conservative.
Menard County, IL is very conservative. In Menard County, IL 29.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Menard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.5% to 29.1%.
Menard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62675 (Petersburg, IL) is strongly conservative.
Petersburg, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Menard County, Illinois is very conservative.
Springfield Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Petersburg, 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 62675 (Petersburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 338 contributions totaling $12,621 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 70 contributions totaling $9,188 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)