Brownstown, IL is a rural town located in Fayette County, with a population of around 1,000 residents. It has a small-town feel and is governed by a mayor and several Alderman who are elected to four-year terms. The current mayor is John Smith, who was elected in 2018. The Alderman serve as representatives of the various wards within the town. They work together with the mayor to create laws and ordinances that help keep Brownstown running smoothly. Local politics in Brownsown focus on issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, public safety, and providing services to its citizens. The people of Brownstown take pride in their community and strive to make it an even better place for all its residents.
The political climate in Zip 62418 (Brownstown, IL) is strongly conservative.
Fayette County, IL is very conservative. In Fayette County, IL 18.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fayette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.9% to 18.1%.
Fayette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62418 (Brownstown, IL) is strongly conservative.
Brownstown, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Fayette 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.
Brownstown, 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 62418 (Brownstown)
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 7 contributions totaling $1,939 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $277 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)