The politics in 62288 Steeleville, IL is largely dominated by the Democratic and Republican parties. Local elections are held on a regular basis to elect representatives for the county, state, and federal levels of government. While the local political climate is often divided by party lines, there are many points of agreement and collaboration between Democrats and Republicans in Steeleville. Recently, the city council approved a measure to invest in more green technology initiatives, which was supported by both parties. The community also works together on issues such as addressing poverty and creating educational opportunities for youth in the area. Overall, while there may be differences in opinion between the two major parties, Steeleville has a long history of working together to solve problems and create a better future.
The political climate in Zip 62288 (Steeleville, IL) is very conservative.
Randolph County, IL is very conservative. In Randolph County, IL 24.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Randolph county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.3% to 24.1%.
Randolph county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62288 (Steeleville, IL) is very conservative.
Steeleville, Illinois is very conservative.
Randolph 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.
Steeleville, 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 62288 (Steeleville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $20 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $2,780 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)