Robinson, IL is a small town in Crawford County with a population of just over 4,500 people. Despite its small size, politics are still an important part of the community and many citizens take an active role in local government. Elections for City Council and other local positions are held every two years and heated campaigns have been known to divide the town into opposing camps. The City Council works closely with state representatives and senators to ensure that the needs of Robinson's residents are met. Issues such as infrastructure improvements, economic development projects, and public safety initiatives often come up during elections as they relate directly to the quality of life in Robinson. In addition, there is ongoing collaboration between local leaders and those at the county level on matters that affect both areas.
The political climate in Zip 62454 (Robinson, IL) is strongly conservative.
Crawford County, IL is very conservative. In Crawford County, IL 23.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crawford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.6% to 23.3%.
Crawford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62454 (Robinson, IL) is strongly conservative.
Robinson, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Crawford 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.
Robinson, 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 62454 (Robinson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 183 contributions totaling $7,591 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 126 contributions totaling $26,067 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $207 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)