The small town of Colchester, IL, located in McDonough County, is a friendly and welcoming community. The town is known for its tight-knit local politics and strong sense of civic pride. Although the city does not have any candidates currently running for office, the residents take part in local decision-making processes and actively engage with their elected officials. The Colchester City Council meets on the second Monday of each month to discuss a range of issues that affect the citizens of Colchester. Residents are always invited to voice their opinion at council meetings or offer suggestions to make the town a better place to live. The people who call Colchester home understand that democracy works best when everyone has a say in how it's run, regardless of population size.
The political climate in Zip 62326 (Colchester, IL) is somewhat conservative.
McDonough County, IL is moderately conservative. In McDonough County, IL 40.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McDonough county remained very strongly Republican, 57.0% to 40.5%.
McDonough county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62326 (Colchester, IL) is somewhat conservative.
Colchester, Illinois is somewhat conservative.
McDonough County, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Macomb Metro Area is moderately 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.
Colchester, 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 62326 (Colchester)
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 102 contributions totaling $6,891 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)