The small town of Bunker Hill, IL, located in Madison County, is politically diverse and strongly engaged in the democratic process. The local population takes pride in their voting rights and actively participate in elections. The town is represented at the state level by a number of politicians from both sides of the aisle on various issues like education, healthcare, infrastructure development, and more. Local candidates running for office are often very passionate about their platform and many residents are familiar with them due to frequent media coverage. Additionally, numerous community organizations are involved in hosting debates and forums featuring local political candidates ahead of every election cycle. This provides voters with an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of each candidate’s stance on key topics that affect the town's future.
The political climate in Zip 62014 (Bunker Hill, IL) is strongly conservative.
Macoupin County, IL is very conservative. In Macoupin County, IL 30.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Macoupin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.1% to 30.6%.
Macoupin county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62014 (Bunker Hill, IL) is strongly conservative.
Bunker Hill, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Macoupin 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.
Bunker Hill, Illinois: d r 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 62014 (Bunker Hill)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $160 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $626 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)