Valmeyer, IL is a small town in Monroe County with a population of 1,821 people. Despite its size, the politics in Valmeyer are quite active. During elections, local candidates for positions such as mayor and city council members campaign hard to win favor from the citizens. The public has several opportunities to meet the candidates and learn more about their policies. Local debates are also frequently held in order to inform voters on the issues at hand and what each candidate plans to do if elected. Citizens of Valmeyer take their civic duty seriously and make sure they are informed before they vote.
The political climate in Zip 62295 (Valmeyer, IL) is very conservative.
Monroe County, IL is very conservative. In Monroe County, IL 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.7% to 31.0%.
Monroe county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62295 (Valmeyer, IL) is very conservative.
Valmeyer, Illinois is very conservative.
Monroe County, Illinois is very conservative.
St. Louis Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Valmeyer, 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 62295 (Valmeyer)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 76 contributions totaling $2,884 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $2,325 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $332 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)