Tazewell County, Illinois is a county with a rich history in politics. While current population figures are not available, the county is home to many politically active citizens. With local elections coming up, it is important to familiarize yourself with the candidates and their platforms. Some of the current candidates include Donna Foster, David Nordquist, and Matthew Johnson. Each of these candidates has been actively campaigning in order to bring positive changes to Tazewell County. Donna Foster has been advocating for increased economic development and job growth within the county while David Nordquist is pushing for improved educational opportunities for students. Matthew Johnson has been focusing on providing better access to medical care and other essential services for all residents of the county. It is important that residents of Tazewell County get out and vote so that they can make their voices heard this election season.
The political climate in Tazewell County, IL is strongly conservative.
In Tazewell County, IL 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tazewell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 35.8%.
Tazewell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tazewell County, IL is strongly conservative.
Peoria Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Tazewell, 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 Tazewell County, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,734 contributions totaling $112,388 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,812 contributions totaling $372,683 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)