The city of 60959 Piper City, IL is a small rural community with a population of approximately 2,400 people. It is governed by a mayor and six council members who are elected to four-year terms. The current mayor is Bob White, who was first elected in 2017 and is running for re-election this year. The council members are all from different political parties and bring diverse perspectives to the table when making decisions about the city's future. Issues such as farming policies, public safety, infrastructure improvements, environmental protection, and economic development are often discussed among the council members. They also hold public meetings every month to receive input from citizens on proposed changes or initiatives. Overall, there is strong civic engagement in 60959 Piper City.
The political climate in Zip 60959 (Piper City, IL) is very conservative.
Ford County, IL is very conservative. In Ford County, IL 25.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.5% to 25.2%.
Ford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60959 (Piper City, IL) is very conservative.
Piper City, Illinois is very conservative.
Ford County, Illinois is very conservative.
Champaign-Urbana Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Piper City, 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 60959 (Piper City)
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 9 contributions totaling $3,743 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $416 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)