Manchester, IL (62663) is located in the heart of Scott County and is represented politically by numerous state and local representatives. At the state level, Manchester is represented by Republican Senator Dave Koehler in the Illinois Senate and Representative Tim Butler in the Illinois House of Representatives. At the county level, Manchester is represented by commissioners of District 1 and 2 on the Scott County Board. The current representatives are Richard Eads and Richard Johnson respectively. Additionally, Manchester residents have a voice in local decision making through municipal elections for Mayor, City Clerk, City Treasurer, and Alderman from each of five wards. All of these elected officials work together to ensure that Manchester maintains its status as a vibrant community with a strong economy while providing necessary services to its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 62663 (Manchester, IL) is very conservative.
Scott County, IL is very conservative. In Scott County, IL 20.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scott county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.1% to 20.9%.
Scott county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62663 (Manchester, IL) is very conservative.
Manchester, Illinois is very conservative.
Scott 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.
Manchester, 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 62663 (Manchester)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)