The small town of Ellisville, IL (zip code 61431) is located in Fulton County. It has a small but active political scene, with both the Democratic and Republican Parties organizing activities to engage local residents in the political process. The village is also part of the 1st Congressional District, represented by Rep. Bobby Schilling. At the local level, Ellisville operates under a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor is Bob Tippey and there are seven members of the village board. Local elections take place every two years in April. In these elections, voters can choose from several candidates running for offices such as mayor, village trustee and clerk. Political events such as debates or rallies often take place throughout the year to help inform residents about their voting options and to encourage them to participate in the political process.
The political climate in Zip 61431 (Ellisville, IL) is moderately conservative.
Fulton County, IL is moderately conservative. In Fulton County, IL 38.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fulton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.0% to 38.9%.
Fulton county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61431 (Ellisville, IL) is moderately conservative.
Ellisville, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Fulton County, Illinois is moderately 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.
Ellisville, Illinois: D d D D 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 61431 (Ellisville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $6,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $462 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $2,350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $196 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)