Jerseyville, IL is located in Jersey County and has a strong history of political involvement. The residents of 62052 have a long tradition of participating in local government and making sure their voices are heard. With the 2020 general election quickly approaching, locals are hard at work researching the various candidates running for office. From Mayor to City Council members, residents are eager to learn more about each candidate's platforms and ideologies. Locals also take pride in their voting power and understand how important it is to make informed decisions when selecting new leaders. All this being said, it is clear that the people of Jerseyville take their community's politics seriously and will be sure to make their mark come election day.
The political climate in Zip 62052 (Jerseyville, IL) is strongly conservative.
Jersey County, IL is very conservative. In Jersey County, IL 24.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jersey county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.8% to 24.8%.
Jersey county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62052 (Jerseyville, IL) is strongly conservative.
Jerseyville, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Jersey 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.
Jerseyville, 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 62052 (Jerseyville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 82 contributions totaling $1,693 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 272 contributions totaling $32,989 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)