Milledgeville, IL is a small community located in the northwest corner of Illinois with a population of 1,531. Politically, the city leans heavily on the Democratic side. The current mayor of Milledgeville, IL is Mike Williams, who has been in office since 2017. He has been a strong advocate for public education and economic development in the town. There are also several different local political organizations such as the Milledgeville Civic Association and the Milledgeville Democratic Committee that work to promote their respective causes and candidates. These organizations often host events such as candidate forums and town hall meetings which give citizens an opportunity to learn about upcoming elections and ask questions to local candidates. In addition, political campaigns from both major parties have become more visible in Milledgeville over the past few years, with candidates canvassing door-to-door and holding rallies throughout town. Overall, politics play an important role in Milledgeville’s culture and it is inspiring to witness how engaged citizens are in local government decisions that affect their lives every day.
The political climate in Zip 61051 (Milledgeville, IL) is strongly conservative.
Carroll County, IL is strongly conservative. In Carroll County, IL 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carroll county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.5% to 34.2%.
Carroll county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61051 (Milledgeville, IL) is strongly conservative.
Milledgeville, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Carroll County, Illinois is strongly 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.
Milledgeville, Illinois: R R 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 61051 (Milledgeville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $210 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $615 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)