The small village of Shirley, IL (Zip code 61772) is a community that is focused on local politics and the issues that affect its citizens. The Village Board of Trustees consists of five elected officials who serve two-year terms. They are responsible for all local laws and regulations, as well as for ensuring that residents have access to essential services such as fire protection, police protection, sanitation services, and water supply. Local elections are held every April with each citizen having the opportunity to cast their vote for their preferred candidates. In addition to the Board of Trustees, there is also an Economic Development Commission who works towards creating an environment of growth and progress in the village. The Commission actively works to attract new businesses, create jobs, and stimulate economic growth in Shirley.
The political climate in Zip 61772 (Shirley, IL) is leaning conservative.
McLean County, IL is leaning liberal. In McLean County, IL 50.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McLean county flipped Democratic, 50.3% to 46.3%.
McLean county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61772 (Shirley, IL) is leaning conservative.
Shirley, Illinois is leaning conservative.
McLean County, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Bloomington Metro Area is leaning 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.
Shirley, Illinois: R R d R r d
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 61772 (Shirley)
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 10 contributions totaling $165 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)