Ursa, IL is a small town located in Adams County with an estimated population of 62376. The city has a mayor-council type of government and is currently led by Mayor John Smith. The City Council consists of four members who are elected for four-year terms. Local elections are held every two years in order to fill vacant positions. Ursa is also home to several state representatives who handle all legislative affairs at the state level. In addition to the mayor and council, the city also employs various staff members and department heads who work together to ensure that the citizens receive quality services such as public safety, water, waste management, parks and recreation, among others. Every election season, Ursa residents prepare for their upcoming election by researching candidates' platforms on local issues such as taxes, education, infrastructure and development. With so many important issues on the table for this year's election season, it's more important than ever that each citizen be informed about their political representatives in order to cast an educated ballot come Election Day.
The political climate in Zip 62376 (Ursa, IL) is very conservative.
Adams County, IL is very conservative. In Adams County, IL 25.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Adams county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.2% to 25.7%.
Adams county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62376 (Ursa, IL) is very conservative.
Ursa, Illinois is very conservative.
Adams County, Illinois is very conservative.
Quincy Metro Area is very 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.
Ursa, 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 62376 (Ursa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $702 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $554 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)