The small town of Clay City, IL (zip code 62824) is located in rural southeastern Illinois and is part of Clay County. It is a small community full of friendly people that pride themselves on their sense of community and local values. Although the population of Clay City is relatively small, the citizens are very involved in their local politics. They actively participate in debates about current issues and work to ensure that the decisions made benefit all members of the community. Residents also have a strong interest in staying informed of upcoming elections, as well as getting to know their local political candidates to make sure they are choosing representatives that best align with their values and beliefs.
The political climate in Zip 62824 (Clay City, IL) is very conservative.
Clay County, IL is very conservative. In Clay County, IL 16.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.6% to 16.4%.
Clay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62824 (Clay City, IL) is very conservative.
Clay City, Illinois is very conservative.
Clay 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.
Clay City, 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 62824 (Clay City)
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 4 contributions totaling $700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)