Bone Gap, IL is a small rural village with a population of around 250 people. It is located in Edwards County and is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor of Bone Gap is Bruce Childers, who has held office since 2013 and has been reelected twice since then. There are four council members, all of whom are elected on a nonpartisan basis for four-year terms. The council members meet once a month to discuss matters such as zoning ordinances, public works projects, and budget appropriations. As Bone Gap is a very small community, there are not typically any local political candidates to run for office or campaign in the area. However, the citizens of Bone Gap do have the opportunity to vote on important issues affecting their town at regular municipal elections.
The political climate in Zip 62815 (Bone Gap, IL) is very conservative.
Edwards County, IL is very conservative. In Edwards County, IL 14.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Edwards county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.1% to 14.5%.
Edwards county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62815 (Bone Gap, IL) is very conservative.
Bone Gap, Illinois is very conservative.
Edwards 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.
Bone Gap, 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 62815 (Bone Gap)
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 2 contributions totaling $300 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)