Eldred, IL is a small town of about 1,400 people located in Greene County. As a rural community, politics in the area has generally been focused on local issues such as infrastructure and public services. In recent years, there has been increased awareness and engagement in state and national politics. Locally, the Green County Board of Commissioners is responsible for setting policy that affects the citizens of Eldred. The board is made up of three members elected from each district of Greene County. Currently, the representatives from Eldred are John Smith, Mary Johnson, and Joe Williams. They have worked together to ensure that resources are allocated appropriately to benefit the citizens of Eldred while upholding their mandate to maintain fiscal responsibility.
The political climate in Zip 62027 (Eldred, IL) is very conservative.
Greene County, IL is very conservative. In Greene County, IL 21.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greene county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.5% to 21.6%.
Greene county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62027 (Eldred, IL) is very conservative.
Eldred, Illinois is very conservative.
Greene 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.
Eldred, 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 62027 (Eldred)
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 10 contributions totaling $1,865 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $187 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)