The small town of Tampico, IL (zip code 61283) is a quiet rural community located in northwest Illinois. Though the population is small, the political scene in Tampico is quite dynamic. The current mayor is Jon Bauchman, who was elected in 2017 for his first term in office. The city council is composed of five members: Linda Thompson, Annalise LeClaire, Tony Riddick, Matthew Johnson and Alice Shumaker. Together they are responsible for making decisions that affect the entire Tampico community. All of them strive to provide the best services possible while also managing to keep taxes low and maintain a friendly atmosphere for residents. The politics in Tampico are always evolving, with new ideas being brought to the table each year. This makes for a vibrant local government that ensures every citizen has their voice heard and taken into account when it comes to decision-making.
The political climate in Zip 61283 (Tampico, IL) is somewhat conservative.
Whiteside County, IL is somewhat conservative. In Whiteside County, IL 44.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Whiteside county remained moderately Republican, 53.0% to 44.7%.
Whiteside county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61283 (Tampico, IL) is somewhat conservative.
Tampico, Illinois is somewhat conservative.
Whiteside County, Illinois is somewhat conservative.
Sterling Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Tampico, Illinois: d d D D 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 61283 (Tampico)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $2,646 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $882 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $35 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)