St. Joseph, IL is a small rural town located in the 61873 zip code. It is part of the Champaign County and has a population of over 3,000 people. Political engagement is an important part of life in St. Joseph, with citizens often taking part in local elections and staying up-to-date on the latest developments within their county council and other government bodies. The current mayor is Jason E. Harris, who was elected to office in 2019 and is running for re-election this year, with his main opponent being Joan Klaaren. Other local political candidates include Debra Saindon for County Clerk, Matt Grandone for Commissioner of Public Works, and Judge Martin Baker for Circuit Court Judge. All four candidates are passionate about working to ensure that residents have access to quality public services while advocating for social justice initiatives such as criminal justice reform and economic opportunities for those living in poverty.
The political climate in Zip 61873 (St. Joseph, 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 61873 (St. Joseph, IL) is leaning liberal.
St. Joseph, 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.
St. Joseph, 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 61873 (St. Joseph)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 78 contributions totaling $3,211 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 53 contributions totaling $6,863 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)