The town of Hillview, Illinois is a small community with a population of just over 620 residents. The town is located in the central part of the state and is considered to be a part of the Chicago metropolitan area. Despite its small size, the town of Hillview is a political hotbed. The town has been represented by both Republicans and Democrats in the past, but currently all of the town's representatives are Democrats. This is reflective of the overall political makeup of the state of Illinois, which is majority Democrat. The town of Hillview is known for being fiercely independent and for its strong support of local candidates.
The political climate in Zip 62050 (Hillview, IL) is strongly 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 62050 (Hillview, IL) is strongly conservative.
Hillview, Illinois is strongly 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.
Hillview, 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 62050 (Hillview)
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 2 contributions totaling $70 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)