Keithsburg, IL is a small rural town located in Mercer County. Despite its small size, the town has an active political scene. The local government is made up of a mayor and six council members who are all elected by the residents of Keithsburg. Residents of the town can cast their vote during local elections to decide the leadership for their community. While there are no major political parties present in Keithsburg, citizens tend to be engaged with the decisions made by their current local government. Events such as town hall meetings are held regularly, allowing citizens to voice their opinions and concerns on certain topics that affect them. By engaging in these discussions, citizens are able to understand how their voices can be heard and make an impact on the future of Keithsburg.
The political climate in Zip 61442 (Keithsburg, IL) is moderately 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 61442 (Keithsburg, IL) is moderately conservative.
Keithsburg, Illinois is moderately 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.
Keithsburg, 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 61442 (Keithsburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $2,120 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)