The small town of Scheller, IL (zip code 62883) is located in Jefferson County and is home to a few hundred residents. The local politics in the town are dominated by conservative values, with community members typically advocating for smaller government and lower taxes. While there are no well-known state or national political candidates who have ties to the area, the town does hold elections every two years for mayor and other positions. These elections often draw relatively low voter turnout, as most of the population is more interested in local issues such as school funding, public services, and property taxes. The mayor and other elected officials work hard to keep up with the needs of the community and respond quickly to any pressing matters.
The political climate in Zip 62883 (Scheller, IL) is very conservative.
Jefferson County, IL is very conservative. In Jefferson County, IL 26.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.6% to 26.4%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62883 (Scheller, IL) is very conservative.
Scheller, Illinois is very conservative.
Jefferson County, Illinois is very conservative.
Mount Vernon 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.
Scheller, 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 62883 (Scheller)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $4,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $525 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)