Willisville, IL, located in Jefferson County, is a small town with a population of approximately 62997 people. The local political landscape consists of the city council, the mayor and other public officials who are responsible for managing the day-to-day affairs of the community. The city council is made up of six elected members and the mayor is elected by popular vote. Local elections take place every two years with candidates running for office on a nonpartisan ballot. These elections are open to all registered voters in Willisville. Issues such as taxation and fiscal responsibility, public safety and infrastructure development often dominate local debates during election campaigns. Voters also have an opportunity to voice their opinions on a variety of topics including recreational activities, education programs and economic growth initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 62997 (Willisville, IL) is very conservative.
Perry County, IL is very conservative. In Perry County, IL 25.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Perry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.6% to 25.9%.
Perry county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62997 (Willisville, IL) is very conservative.
Willisville, Illinois is very conservative.
Perry 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.
Willisville, Illinois: d 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 62997 (Willisville)
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)