Calhoun, IL is a small rural town in 62419 with a population of around 500 people. It is home to many farms and agricultural businesses, as well as being close to several local parks and recreational areas. Despite its size, Calhoun is still very much involved in the political landscape of Illinois. Every four years on Election Day, citizens come out in droves to vote for their local representatives for state offices such as Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, and other posts down the ballot. Local races are also important when it comes to electing County Board members and sitting mayors and council members for small towns such as Calhoun. The political climate in Calhoun is best described as conservative, with Republicans generally elected at the local level while Democrats often take more statewide seats. Despite this general trend, Calhoun residents can be certain that their votes will be counted and respected no matter who they choose to support during election season.
The political climate in Zip 62419 (Calhoun, IL) is very conservative.
Richland County, IL is very conservative. In Richland County, IL 22.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Richland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.4% to 22.7%.
Richland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62419 (Calhoun, IL) is very conservative.
Calhoun, Illinois is very conservative.
Richland 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.
Calhoun, 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 62419 (Calhoun)
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)