Barry, IL is a small town located in the state of Illinois with a population of around 1,300 people. It is a rural area that is represented politically by two members of the Illinois House of Representatives and one member of the Illinois Senate. The current state representatives are Amy Elik and Dave Severin and the current senator is Christopher Belt. All three political representatives work diligently to represent their constituents and advocate for laws and policies that will benefit the local community. They have worked together to bring infrastructure improvements to Barry and to spur economic growth in the area. They also take an active role in protecting natural resources, promoting educational opportunities, and helping those who need assistance from social services. As such, Barry's local politics are focused on ensuring that its citizens have access to resources they need while allowing them to enjoy all that this small but vibrant town has to offer.
The political climate in Zip 62312 (Barry, IL) is very conservative.
Pike County, IL is very conservative. In Pike County, IL 18.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pike county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.5% to 18.6%.
Pike county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62312 (Barry, IL) is very conservative.
Barry, Illinois is very conservative.
Pike 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.
Barry, 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 62312 (Barry)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $115 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)