The small rural town of Waltonville, IL (62894) is a quiet community with a population of approximately 500 people. Despite its size, the town maintains a local political landscape that consists of various city councils, committees, and other governing bodies. Local elections bring out many passionate citizens who are eager to voice their opinions on the future of the town. Issues such as zoning regulations, taxes, infrastructure improvements, and other matters important to the citizens are often discussed and debated during the election season. Additionally, many candidates for various local offices visit homes in the area in order to meet with community members and spread their campaign messages. All in all, Waltonville's political landscape is vibrant despite its small size and provides an excellent opportunity for residents to get involved in their community.
The political climate in Zip 62894 (Waltonville, IL) is very conservative.
Jefferson County, IL is very conservative. In Jefferson County, IL 26.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.6% to 26.4%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62894 (Waltonville, IL) is very conservative.
Waltonville, Illinois is very conservative.
Jefferson County, Illinois is very conservative.
Mount Vernon Metro Area is very 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.
Waltonville, 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 62894 (Waltonville)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)