The small village of Batchtown, IL, is located in the 62006 zip code. While it is a relatively small and tight knit community, it does have some political representation. At the local level, there is a mayor and six city council members that serve as elected officials for the citizens of Batchtown. Additionally, the village also falls within the boundaries of several state and district representatives that are responsible for representing Batchtown in various forums. The residents of Batchtown care deeply about their community and take a keen interest in politics to ensure that their voices are heard at all levels. The people of Batchtown strive to make sure that the issues that are most important to them are addressed by their elected officials in order to create a better quality of life for all who live there.
The political climate in Zip 62006 (Batchtown, IL) is very conservative.
Calhoun County, IL is very conservative. In Calhoun County, IL 24.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calhoun county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.8% to 24.4%.
Calhoun county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62006 (Batchtown, IL) is very conservative.
Batchtown, Illinois is very conservative.
Calhoun 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.
Batchtown, Illinois: d d d 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 62006 (Batchtown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)