Griggsville, IL is a small rural community in Pike County with a population of around 1,100 people. The town has a long and distinguished tradition of being actively involved in politics and is served by the local Griggsville-Perry School District. On the local political scene, there are several candidates vying for positions on the village board. Some of these candidates include Mayor Robert L. Walls, Trustee Linda Dyer, and Trustee Bruce Eifling. Mayor Walls is running for his second term in office and has been active in promoting economic development within the community. Trustee Dyer is an experienced public servant who seeks to ensure that residents’ voices are heard at the village board meetings. Lastly, Trustee Eifling emphasizes fiscal responsibility and accountability while supporting local businesses and youth sports programs within the village. All three candidates have shown dedication to Griggsville’s citizens and their collective commitment to bettering the quality of life for residents will be vital as they work towards achieving their goals if elected this year.
The political climate in Zip 62340 (Griggsville, IL) is very conservative.
Pike County, IL is very conservative. In Pike County, IL 18.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pike county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.5% to 18.6%.
Pike county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62340 (Griggsville, IL) is very conservative.
Griggsville, Illinois is very conservative.
Pike 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.
Griggsville, 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 62340 (Griggsville)
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 6 contributions totaling $900 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)