The small city of 61955 Vermilion, IL is heavily involved in politics. The city has a mayor-council form of government, with an elected mayor and a nine-member city council representing the different wards within the area. Each ward holds its own local elections every two years to elect new members for the city council. These local candidates are all dedicated to improving the quality of life in their communities by addressing issues that are important to their constituents. Issues such as public safety, economic development, infrastructure improvements, and education are all topics that the locals take seriously when it comes to politics in 61955 Vermilion, IL. Many community groups also come together regularly to discuss and debate how best to move the city forward. All in all, it is clear that residents of 61955 Vermilion have strong opinions about politics and are passionate about working towards making positive changes for their community.
The political climate in Zip 61955 (Vermilion, IL) is very conservative.
Edgar County, IL is very conservative. In Edgar County, IL 23.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Edgar county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.4% to 23.0%.
Edgar county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61955 (Vermilion, IL) is very conservative.
Vermilion, Illinois is very conservative.
Edgar 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.
Vermilion, 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 61955 (Vermilion)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)