Shelbyville, IL is a small town with a population of around 6,000 people located in Central Illinois. The political landscape of Shelbyville is dominated by the Republican Party. Local elections are held every two years and most candidates that run for office here tend to be from the Republican Party. The current mayor of Shelbyville is Clifford Smith, who has held this position since 2017 and is running for re-election this year. In addition to Mayor Smith, there are five council members on the city council who are also all Republicans. Local politics in Shelbyville are generally focused on issues such as public safety, economic development, and improving infrastructure throughout the town. The community works hard to ensure that local residents have access to quality public services while also promoting economic growth and job opportunities for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 62565 (Shelbyville, IL) is strongly conservative.
Shelby County, IL is very conservative. In Shelby County, IL 20.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shelby county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.8% to 20.7%.
Shelby county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62565 (Shelbyville, IL) is strongly conservative.
Shelbyville, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Shelby County, Illinois is very 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.
Shelbyville, 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 62565 (Shelbyville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 143 contributions totaling $7,783 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $2,017 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)