The small town of Sesser, Illinois is located in Franklin County and is home to approximately 1,400 residents. The small, rural community is governed by an elected mayor-council form of government. Decisions are made by the Mayor and six aldermen, who are all elected for four-year terms. The local political candidates in 62884 Sesser, IL include the current mayor William Morefield, who was first elected in 2019 and reelected for his second term in 2021. There are also six aldermen running for office - Tom Cope, Raymone Miller, David Trower, Paul Womack, Mark Foreman and Mike Baber. As a rural community with limited resources, many decisions must be made concerning roads and other infrastructure improvements as well as economic development initiatives. Each candidate brings their own unique background and ideas to the table when discussing the issues facing the town of Sesser.
The political climate in Zip 62884 (Sesser, IL) is very conservative.
Franklin County, IL is very conservative. In Franklin County, IL 25.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.0% to 25.5%.
Franklin county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62884 (Sesser, IL) is very conservative.
Sesser, Illinois is very conservative.
Franklin 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.
Sesser, Illinois: d 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 62884 (Sesser)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $191 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $2,306 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)