Normal town, IL is a small midwestern town with a population of about 5,000 people. It has an active city council that meets monthly to discuss important matters related to the town. The mayor serves as the leader of the city council and works with members to create new policies and implement regulations for the well-being of the community. Local elections are held every two years to elect the mayor as well as other officials, such as county sheriffs, school board members, and representatives in state government. The citizens of Normal town take an active role in politics by actively participating in local debates and expressing their views through voting during elections.
The political climate in Normal, IL is leaning liberal.
McLean County, IL is leaning liberal. In McLean County, IL 50.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McLean county flipped Democratic, 50.3% to 46.3%.
McLean county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Normal, IL is leaning liberal.
McLean County, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Bloomington Metro Area is leaning 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.
Normal, Illinois: R R d R r d
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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Normal, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23,618 contributions totaling $837,437 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,181 contributions totaling $660,169 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)