Seymour, IL is a small town located in the 61875 zip code. It is home to approximately 1,000 residents who come together to form the small community. Despite the town's size, politics still plays an important role in every day life for its citizens. Local elections are held on a regular basis and provide opportunities for residents to cast their vote and have their voices heard. The mayor of Seymour is elected every four years and works closely with the town’s city council to ensure that all laws are implemented properly and that the needs of its citizens are met. The city council works hard to make sure that all public services such as trash collection, snow removal, street lights, etc., are adequately provided for each resident. Additionally, it sets policy for tax rates and local ordinances that help keep the city running smoothly and efficiently while also ensuring safety for all those living in Seymour.
The political climate in Zip 61875 (Seymour, IL) is leaning liberal.
Champaign County, IL is moderately liberal. In Champaign County, IL 59.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Champaign county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.7% to 36.9%.
Champaign county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61875 (Seymour, IL) is leaning liberal.
Seymour, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Champaign County, Illinois is moderately liberal.
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.
Seymour, Illinois: d d D d D D
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 61875 (Seymour)
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 24 contributions totaling $2,881 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)