Chesterfield, Illinois is a small village in Macoupin County with an estimated population of around 800 people. It is served by a village president and six trustees who are responsible for governing the village. The current village president is Caroline Wurm and the trustees are Josh Ervin, Kayli Fanning, Dave Lawrence, Patrick Lyons, John Morrissey and Ed Warren. Together they work to ensure that Chesterfield remains safe and prosperous for its citizens. They work together to manage the budget, address local issues such as infrastructure needs and economic development, oversee public safety operations, and promote community support initiatives. Chesterfield has an open-door policy that encourages citizen input into all aspects of governance and encourages discussion about important issues facing the community.
The political climate in Zip 62630 (Chesterfield, IL) is very 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 62630 (Chesterfield, IL) is very conservative.
Chesterfield, Illinois is very 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.
Chesterfield, 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 62630 (Chesterfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $1,005 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $8,450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $402 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)