Vernon, IL (62892) is a small rural town located in southern Illinois. The town has a population of around 2,000 people and is governed by a local city council. The elected officials on the council are responsible for enacting laws and regulations to ensure that the town's citizens have safe and functioning infrastructure and amenities. Politically, the city favors conservative ideals and values with an emphasis on fiscal responsibility and stewardship to ensure that Vernon is able to provide necessary services while maintaining a balanced budget. Recent initiatives have included efforts to address aging infrastructure, increase economic development, improve public parks, create jobs, improve educational opportunities, and increase access to healthcare for residents of Vernon. Each election cycle brings new candidates vying for seats on the city council who bring different ideas about how best to move the city forward. Locals are encouraged to get involved in their local politics by researching candidates’ platforms and attending community meetings or events as well as casting their votes in every election.
The political climate in Zip 62892 (Vernon, IL) is very conservative.
Marion County, IL is very conservative. In Marion County, IL 25.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.5% to 25.9%.
Marion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62892 (Vernon, IL) is very conservative.
Vernon, Illinois is very conservative.
Marion County, Illinois is very conservative.
Centralia 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.
Vernon, 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 62892 (Vernon)
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 1 contributions totaling $50 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)