Quincy, IL is a small city located in Adams County. It has a long and rich history of political activism from both major parties. The city is represented by two members of the Illinois House of Representatives and one member of the Illinois Senate. At the local level, Quincy is home to an active Mayor-Council system of government which provides citizens with direct access to their representatives. Elections for City Council are held every two years, and many candidates from both major parties have competed for the positions. Elections for Mayor are held every four years, and all residents are invited to participate in this important civic duty. Quincy’s political culture is marked by a commitment to open dialogue and meaningful engagement among its citizens regardless of party affiliation.
The political climate in Zip 62301 (Quincy, IL) is strongly 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 62301 (Quincy, IL) is strongly conservative.
Quincy, Illinois is strongly 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.
Quincy, 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 62301 (Quincy)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 559 contributions totaling $52,888 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 314 contributions totaling $134,575 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $429 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)