The small town of Du Quoin, IL (62832) is located in Perry County and is home to a population of about 6,000 people. Politically, the area is generally seen as conservative with a strong affiliation with the Republican party. However, the last gubernatorial election saw the county flip its long-standing Republican leanings and support Democratic candidate J.B. Pritzker for Governor of Illinois. This shift highlights the diversity within the local political landscape and shows that there are residents willing to consider candidates from both sides of the aisle when making their voting decisions. On a local level, some of the current elected officials include Mayor Guy Alongi and City Clerk Jeanette Robinson, both members of the Democratic party. However, with no local elections scheduled in 2020, residents will have to wait until future cycles to see if this shift in voting trends continues or if it was simply an isolated incident.
The political climate in Zip 62832 (Du Quoin, IL) is strongly conservative.
Perry County, IL is very conservative. In Perry County, IL 25.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Perry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.6% to 25.9%.
Perry county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62832 (Du Quoin, IL) is strongly conservative.
Du Quoin, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Perry 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.
Du Quoin, Illinois: d 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 62832 (Du Quoin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 45 contributions totaling $4,562 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $12,388 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $243 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)