The small town of Louisville, IL (zip code 62858) is located in Clay County, Illinois and is home to around 2,000 people. The government of Louisville is overseen by a mayor and five trustees who are elected to serve four-year terms. All elections take place in April of each year. The current mayor is Greg Weigle, who was elected in 2017 and his trustees are Rebecca May, Robert Buehler, Lee Cloninger Jr., John Sanders and Randall Waller. In addition to the mayor and trustees, Louisville has an appointed Police Chief and City Administrator who both work closely with the Mayor’s office on city business. The town also has a series of local laws that regulate residents’ safety and well-being, as well as regulations regarding taxation, land use and zoning. On the state level, Louisville falls within the jurisdiction of Illinois’ 19th District State Senate seat which is held by Dale Righter. On the federal level it falls in the 15th congressional district which is held by Mary Miller. Residents of Louisville can count on their trusted leadership to ensure they have a safe environment for themselves and their families as well as good schools and access to all available services offered by local government entities.
The political climate in Zip 62858 (Louisville, IL) is very conservative.
Clay County, IL is very conservative. In Clay County, IL 16.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.6% to 16.4%.
Clay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62858 (Louisville, IL) is very conservative.
Louisville, Illinois is very conservative.
Clay 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.
Louisville, 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 62858 (Louisville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $1,500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $4,815 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)