Matherville, IL is a small rural town located in Rock Island County. The town has a rich political history, with both major parties holding sway in local elections. The Democratic Party has traditionally been dominant in the area and holds most of the elected offices in Matherville. However, Republican candidates have made strong showings over the years, especially during national and state-wide elections. Local issues such as road improvements, new business development, and property tax rates remain perennial topics of debate when it comes to politics in Matherville. Local candidates often focus their campaigns on these issues while also appealing to a broad range of voters from both sides of the aisle. Voter turnout is typically high for local elections in Matherville, indicating that citizens take their civic duties seriously and take pride in participating in democracy.
The political climate in Zip 61263 (Matherville, 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 61263 (Matherville, IL) is strongly conservative.
Matherville, 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.
Matherville, 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 61263 (Matherville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $235 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 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)