The small town of Chillicothe, IL is located in the center of Illinois and has a population of about 6,700. The local government of this small town is comprised of five elected aldermen who serve two-year terms and are responsible for overseeing the affairs of the city along with the mayor. The current mayor is Steve Quimby. He was elected in 2019 and has served as an alderman since 2015. In Chillicothe, every two years all residents have the opportunity to elect representatives they feel best represent their community’s interests. Local political candidates running for office are usually determined by their platform which outlines their beliefs regarding specific issues affecting the city such as education, infrastructure, public safety, economic development, and other important topics.
The political climate in Zip 61523 (Chillicothe, IL) is leaning conservative.
Peoria County, IL is leaning liberal. In Peoria County, IL 51.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Peoria county remained moderately Democratic, 51.9% to 45.6%.
Peoria county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61523 (Chillicothe, IL) is leaning conservative.
Chillicothe, Illinois is leaning conservative.
Peoria County, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Peoria Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Chillicothe, Illinois: d d D d d d
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 61523 (Chillicothe)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 171 contributions totaling $9,815 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 84 contributions totaling $8,733 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)