Clinton, IL (61727) is a small town located in DeWitt County in central Illinois. Its local politics are focused on improving the community and providing quality services to its citizens. The Republican Party currently holds most of the political offices in Clinton, including Supervisor of Assessments, Mayor, City Clerk, Treasurer, and Alderman positions. The City Council meets regularly to discuss issues facing the community and strive to make decisions that are in the best interests of the city as a whole. Local elections take place every two years for these positions and residents have the opportunity to vote for their preferred candidates. In addition to traditional city government roles, there has been an increased focus on economic development initiatives and other measures designed to improve life for those who live and work in Clinton.
The political climate in Zip 61727 (Clinton, IL) is strongly 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 61727 (Clinton, IL) is strongly conservative.
Clinton, Illinois is strongly 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.
Clinton, 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 61727 (Clinton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 113 contributions totaling $4,708 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 88 contributions totaling $11,813 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)