The small town of Ava, IL is located in Jackson County and has an estimated population of 2,010 people. It is a close-knit community with a strong sense of pride and respect for its elected officials. The local politics in 62907 Ava are focused on ensuring that everyone in the community feels heard and represented. This includes ensuring the town’s budget is managed responsibly, resolving issues such as infrastructure improvements, and working to create a positive environment for businesses to thrive and citizens to enjoy their community. While there are no specific local political candidates currently running, many members of the community have voiced their support for those who uphold Ava's values of honesty, integrity, and accountability during their campaigns.
The political climate in Zip 62907 (Ava, IL) is somewhat conservative.
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 62907 (Ava, IL) is somewhat conservative.
Ava, Illinois is somewhat conservative.
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.
Ava, 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 62907 (Ava)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 157 contributions totaling $4,296 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $12,550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $784 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)