Carbondale, IL, located in Jackson County has a population of 25,902 people according to the 2010 census. It is a city that is run by a mayor and city council. The city council works with the mayor to ensure Carbondale's unique identity is preserved while also promoting economic growth in the area. The current mayor of Carbondale is Mike Henry who was elected in 2019. He ran on a platform of supporting small businesses within the community and bringing development to underserved areas of town. There are currently four members of the city council serving alongside Mayor Henry including two at-large seats and two ward representatives from each side of town. These representatives work together to promote an agenda that balances growth with safety for all citizens and visitors of Carbondale.
The political climate in Zip 62901 (Carbondale, IL) is leaning liberal.
Jackson County, IL is leaning liberal. In Jackson County, IL 49.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained narrowly Democratic, 49.2% to 47.9%.
Jackson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62901 (Carbondale, IL) is leaning liberal.
Carbondale, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Jackson County, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Carbondale-Marion Metro Area is moderately 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.
Carbondale, Illinois: d D D D d d
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 62901 (Carbondale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,875 contributions totaling $100,565 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 193 contributions totaling $132,480 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $686 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)