The small town of Alto Pass, IL has a population of approximately 700 people. Like many small towns, political activity is limited due to the smaller size. The local government consists of a Mayor and City Council who are elected every four years. Though there are not any political candidates currently running for office in Alto Pass, IL, the citizens take their civic duties seriously and turn out in large numbers for local elections. The current mayor is Warren Yates, who was elected in 2016 and his term will end next year. Despite its lack of prominent political presence on the national stage, Alto Pass remains committed to local politics and the well-being of its citizens.
The political climate in Alto Pass, IL is strongly conservative.
Union County, IL is very conservative. In Union County, IL 29.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.2% to 29.0%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Alto Pass, IL is strongly conservative.
Union County, Illinois 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.
Alto Pass, 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 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 Alto Pass, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 70 contributions totaling $4,247 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $32,165 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $555 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)