The small town of Southern View, IL is a tight-knit community with many local residents who are passionate about their politics. Local discussions often focus on the issues that directly affect the citizens of the town such as taxes and regulations. In addition to this, people frequently discuss current events and government policies at the local level, sharing their opinions about important decisions made by elected officials throughout the state. Local elections for positions such as mayor and city council have been hotly contested in recent years, with citizens carefully assessing each candidate’s qualifications and values before deciding whom to support. Residents take great pride in taking part in the political process of their hometown, exercising their right to vote in order to make sure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Southern View, IL is leaning conservative.
Sangamon County, IL is leaning conservative. In Sangamon County, IL 46.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sangamon county remained Republican, 50.9% to 46.5%.
Sangamon county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Southern View, IL is leaning conservative.
Sangamon County, Illinois is leaning conservative.
Springfield 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.
Southern View, 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 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 Southern View, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 856 contributions totaling $58,934 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 133 contributions totaling $14,014 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)