Waynesville, IL is a small town with a population of approximately 2,000 people. It has a very active local government and political climate. The mayor of Waynesville is Matt Smith, who has been in office for two years. He recently won reelection in the 2019 elections. In addition to the mayor, there are five trustees who represent the citizens of Waynesville on issues such as budgeting, infrastructure, public safety and health care. Local elections are held every two years to determine which candidates will be elected or reelected to the board of trustees. There are also several grassroot organizations located around town that seek to engage citizens in the city's politics and help make their voices heard at a local level.
The political climate in Zip 61778 (Waynesville, IL) is very conservative.
De Witt County, IL is very conservative. In De Witt County, IL 27.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, De Witt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.1% to 27.3%.
De Witt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61778 (Waynesville, IL) is very conservative.
Waynesville, Illinois is very conservative.
De Witt County, Illinois is very conservative.
Bloomington Metro Area is leaning 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.
Waynesville, 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 61778 (Waynesville)
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)