61240 Coal Valley, IL is located in Rock Island County and is a small village of approximately 2,000 people. It is governed by a mayor and six trustees who are elected by the citizens every four years. The village has its own police department, as well as other essential services such as water, sanitation and fire protection. With an active community presence, the political landscape in Coal Valley is quite democratic with local candidates often running for office on platforms of improving public safety or supporting environmental initiatives. Currently, one of the main topics of discussion within the village are plans to upgrade infrastructure and increase economic development. Residents take their responsibilities seriously to ensure that their needs are addressed through their choice of representatives in local government.
The political climate in Zip 61240 (Coal Valley, IL) is leaning liberal.
Rock Island County, IL is somewhat liberal. In Rock Island County, IL 54.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rock Island county remained strongly Democratic, 54.8% to 42.7%.
Rock Island county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61240 (Coal Valley, IL) is leaning liberal.
Coal Valley, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Rock Island County, Illinois is somewhat liberal.
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 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.
Coal Valley, 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 61240 (Coal Valley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 81 contributions totaling $23,006 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $284 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $8,312 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)