Kincaid, IL is a small rural town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of just over 1,500, Kincaid has been politically conservative for many years. The city is represented by Republican Chad Hays in the Illinois House of Representatives and by Republican Jim Oberweis in the United States Senate. The Mayor and City Council are also mostly Republican, with few exceptions. Locally, there have been several initiatives to increase economic development and attract new businesses to the area. These initiatives have had mixed results but have helped spur some economic growth in the region. In general, Kincaid is a quiet and peaceful community that values its traditional values and culture while still embracing progressive ideals and policies when it comes to its local politics.
The political climate in Zip 62540 (Kincaid, IL) is strongly conservative.
Christian County, IL is very conservative. In Christian County, IL 26.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Christian county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.2% to 26.7%.
Christian county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62540 (Kincaid, IL) is strongly conservative.
Kincaid, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Christian County, Illinois is very conservative.
Taylorville 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.
Kincaid, 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 62540 (Kincaid)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18 contributions totaling $1,193 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)