Joy, IL is a small community located in 61260 with approximately 1000 residents. Although the town has a small population, its politics are quite active and robust. The city elects two representatives to their local government who are responsible for making decisions that affect the community as a whole. These representatives are chosen every four years during the town’s local elections. During these elections, citizens are encouraged to exercise their right to vote and select candidates who they feel best represent the values of the community. Furthermore, there are also many local organizations that host debates between the candidates so that residents can better understand their stances on various issues before casting their ballots. As such, politics in 61260 Joy, IL remain vibrant and engaging despite its small population size.
The political climate in Zip 61260 (Joy, IL) is strongly conservative.
Mercer County, IL is strongly conservative. In Mercer County, IL 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mercer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.8% to 36.8%.
Mercer county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61260 (Joy, IL) is strongly conservative.
Joy, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Mercer County, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 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.
Joy, 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 61260 (Joy)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44 contributions totaling $1,098 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $50 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)