The small town of Gilson, IL is home to a close knit community that values its local politics. 61436 is represented by mayoral and city council elections every two years. Local candidates focus on issues such as economic development, public safety, road maintenance, and other matters that affect the township's citizens. Important decisions about taxes, parks improvements, zoning regulations, and more are made during these local political elections. Voters in 61436 take their responsibility to participate in the political process seriously as they strive to ensure they elect representatives who share their values and goals for the community. As a wholesome and friendly rural area just outside of Bloomington-Normal, Gilson has a lot to offer its residents when it comes to politics that reflect their individual wants and needs.
The political climate in Zip 61436 (Gilson, IL) is somewhat conservative.
Knox County, IL is leaning conservative. In Knox County, IL 46.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Knox county remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 46.1%.
Knox county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61436 (Gilson, IL) is somewhat conservative.
Gilson, Illinois is somewhat conservative.
Knox County, Illinois is leaning conservative.
Galesburg Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Gilson, 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 61436 (Gilson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $577 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $11,290 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,026 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)