Gillespie, IL, located in Macoupin County, is a small rural community with a population of about 3,600 people. As the county seat of Macoupin County, Gillespie has an important role in local politics. Gillespie is represented by a few local political organizations including the Macoupin County Republican Central Committee and the Macoupin County Democratic Central Committee. The City of Gillespie does not have its own elected representatives but is instead served by a Board of Trustees appointed by the county’s Board of Commissioners. Election for new board members occurs every four years in November and are often decided by wide margins. The elected board members then appoint a mayor to serve as the chief executive officer for the city. In addition to local organizations such as these, residents can also be involved in state and national elections through their involvement in larger political parties like the Republican and Democratic party. Overall, politics in Gillespie are largely dominated by conservative views and values which have been ingrained since before its incorporation in 1872.
The political climate in Zip 62033 (Gillespie, IL) is strongly conservative.
Macoupin County, IL is very conservative. In Macoupin County, IL 30.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Macoupin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.1% to 30.6%.
Macoupin county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62033 (Gillespie, IL) is strongly conservative.
Gillespie, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Macoupin County, Illinois is very conservative.
St. Louis 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.
Gillespie, Illinois: d r d 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 62033 (Gillespie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 48 contributions totaling $3,696 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $1,681 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)