Virginia, IL is located in the 62691 zip code and is part of Macoupin County. As a small city, Virginia has a local government that is focused on making sure that residents have access to the resources they need. The city is currently represented by three members of the City Council, who work together to make decisions regarding community budgeting, public safety, land use and other important matters. Local elections are held every two years and give residents the opportunity to select their representatives from a number of qualified candidates. In addition to the City Council, there are also local boards like the Library Board and Zoning Commission which are appointed by elected officials and whose members serve as advisors to the Council on particular matters. Overall, politics in 62691 Virginia, IL play an important role in providing guidance for community development and ensuring that people's needs are addressed in a timely manner.
The political climate in Zip 62691 (Virginia, IL) is strongly conservative.
Cass County, IL is very conservative. In Cass County, IL 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cass county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.1% to 30.3%.
Cass county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62691 (Virginia, IL) is strongly conservative.
Virginia, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Cass 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.
Virginia, Illinois: r R d 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 62691 (Virginia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 110 contributions totaling $4,814 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $4,060 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)