The small town of Crossville, IL (zip code 62827) is situated in White County, and has a population of approximately 400. The town's local politics are managed by the mayor and the City Council. Elected officials serve 4-year terms. The Mayor is responsible for setting policy goals and agendas for the City Council to implement, while the City Council's role is to enact local laws, pass resolutions and budgets, and approve contracts with government agencies. Residents can become involved in the political process by attending council meetings, voting in elections, or volunteering for campaigns. Crossville is also served by a representative in the Illinois state legislature who works closely with local government on issues pertinent to the community. Overall, politics in Crossville are focused on maintaining a positive quality of life for those who live there.
The political climate in Zip 62827 (Crossville, IL) is very conservative.
White County, IL is very conservative. In White County, IL 20.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, White county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.9% to 20.4%.
White county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62827 (Crossville, IL) is very conservative.
Crossville, Illinois is very conservative.
White 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.
Crossville, 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 62827 (Crossville)
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 31 contributions totaling $1,740 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)