New Baden, IL is a small town located in Southern Illinois. The town has a population of around 2,000 people and is known for its friendly and welcoming atmosphere. The economy of New Baden is driven by agriculture, manufacturing, and retail services. For local politics, the town is served by a mayor and six aldermen who are elected to serve two-year terms. The mayor and aldermen have oversight over all of the town's operations including public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development, and legislative matters. Local elections occur every two years with citizens voting on candidates for the mayoral seat as well as various positions within the Aldermanic body. Every member of the community is encouraged to become involved in local politics by attending meetings or visiting their local representatives. By doing so they can help shape the future of their community.
The political climate in Zip 62265 (New Baden, IL) is strongly conservative.
Clinton County, IL is very conservative. In Clinton County, IL 23.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clinton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.4% to 23.4%.
Clinton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62265 (New Baden, IL) is strongly conservative.
New Baden, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Clinton County, Illinois is very conservative.
St. Louis 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.
New Baden, 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 62265 (New Baden)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 53 contributions totaling $4,605 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)