McClure, IL is a small village located in Alexander County with a population of 62957. The village is governed by a board of trustees who are elected to oversee the day-to-day operations of the village. Each board member serves a four-year term and is responsible for making important decisions for the community. Local political candidates are currently running for office, and their platform issues range from economic development to public safety. Residents of McClure take pride in their local politics and are engaged in the election process. With strong leadership, McClure will continue to be a great place to live and work in Alexander County.
The political climate in Zip 62957 (McClure, IL) is moderately conservative.
Alexander County, IL is somewhat conservative. In Alexander County, IL 42.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alexander county remained strongly Republican, 56.7% to 42.5%.
Alexander county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62957 (McClure, IL) is moderately conservative.
McClure, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Alexander County, Illinois is somewhat conservative.
Cape Girardeau 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.
McClure, 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 62957 (McClure)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $475 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)