Abingdon, IL is a small town located in Knox County in the state of Illinois. It is governed by an elected mayor and board of trustees. The mayor and trustees work together to set laws and policies that benefit the citizens of Abingdon. Local elections occur every two years to elect officials who will represent the town's interests for the upcoming term. There are various offices available such as mayor, trustee, clerk, treasurer, assessor and more that citizens can vote on when they go to their local polling station. Citizens also often have the opportunity to cast their votes for their desired candidates at Town Hall meetings or other special events prior to official voting days. Overall, Abingdon residents take pride in exercising their right to vote and helping shape how their town is run.
The political climate in Abingdon, IL is leaning conservative.
Knox County, IL is leaning conservative. In Knox County, IL 46.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Knox county remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 46.1%.
Knox county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Abingdon, IL is leaning conservative.
Knox County, Illinois is leaning conservative.
Galesburg 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.
Abingdon, Illinois: D d D D 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 Abingdon, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 80 contributions totaling $2,804 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $914 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)