The town of Plainville, IL (62365) is a tight-knit community that has been around since the mid-1800s. It is a small rural town with a population of just over 3,000 people. The politics of Plainville are dominated by two distinct parties: the Democrats and the Republicans. Both parties have candidates running in local elections who are passionate about their positions on various issues. Local elections usually feature debates between these two candidates as they discuss their views on topics such as taxes, education, and health care. Residents of Plainville take part in their local elections by voting for one candidate or another based on their beliefs and opinions on important matters that affect them directly. Through this process, residents have a say in who represents them at the local level and which policies are implemented to benefit the town.
The political climate in Zip 62365 (Plainville, IL) is very conservative.
Adams County, IL is very conservative. In Adams County, IL 25.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Adams county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.2% to 25.7%.
Adams county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62365 (Plainville, IL) is very conservative.
Plainville, Illinois is very conservative.
Adams County, Illinois is very conservative.
Quincy 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.
Plainville, 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 62365 (Plainville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $30 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $8 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $950 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)