The small town of Stewardson, IL (zip code 62463) is a rural community located in Shelby County, Illinois. Despite its small size and population of only 823 according to the 2019 Census, Stewardson is politically active. The town has two polling locations which are used by citizens during elections and a mayor-council form of government that ensures local representation. Local political candidates campaigning in the area often focus on issues such as agricultural development, economic opportunity, health care access, and education. Additionally, Stewardson is part of the larger Shelby County Board with representatives from surrounding municipalities, allowing for greater regional collaboration on important issues. As a result, residents of Stewardson have an active role in local politics and their voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 62463 (Stewardson, 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 62463 (Stewardson, IL) is strongly conservative.
Stewardson, 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.
Stewardson, 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 62463 (Stewardson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $350 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $785 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)