Jacksonville, IL (zip code 62650) is located in the heart of Central Illinois. It is the county seat of Morgan County and is home to a population of just under 20,000. The city has a diverse political landscape with members from both major parties represented in local government. Democrats and Republicans alike are passionate about advocating for their respective causes and visions for the future. Locals have access to information on local candidates running for office through various media outlets like newspapers, radio programs, television commercials, online forums, and public events. Popular topics among local politicians include economic growth, jobs and small business development, education reform, improving infrastructure, environmental protection, and creating safer neighborhoods. Jacksonville’s residents are deeply engaged in politics at all levels of government as they strive to make the city an even better place to live.
The political climate in Zip 62650 (Jacksonville, IL) is moderately conservative.
Morgan County, IL is very conservative. In Morgan County, IL 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morgan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.9% to 33.1%.
Morgan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62650 (Jacksonville, IL) is moderately conservative.
Jacksonville, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Morgan County, Illinois is very conservative.
Jacksonville Metro Area is very 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.
Jacksonville, 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 62650 (Jacksonville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 256 contributions totaling $20,124 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 410 contributions totaling $281,830 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $687 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)