Bartelso, IL is a small rural town located in Washington County. While the town itself has no politicians of its own, there are several local candidates from surrounding areas looking to represent its citizens. Bartelso residents have an important voice in regional and state elections as their vote counts towards county-wide representatives. At the national level, the town’s citizens are represented by Republican Congressman John Shimkus who serves on several committees in Congress, including the Energy and Commerce Committee. With strong projects underway to improve infrastructure and economic development in Bartelso, there are sure to be many more candidates stepping up to serve the community and represent their interests at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 62218 (Bartelso, IL) is very conservative.
Clinton County, IL is very conservative. In Clinton County, IL 23.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clinton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.4% to 23.4%.
Clinton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62218 (Bartelso, IL) is very conservative.
Bartelso, Illinois is very conservative.
Clinton County, Illinois is very conservative.
St. Louis Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Bartelso, 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 62218 (Bartelso)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $726 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $11,251 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $938 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)