Coal Valley, IL is a small, rural town located in Rock Island County. Despite its small size, the politics of Coal Valley are still important to many of its residents. Every election year brings an opportunity for citizens to have their voices heard through their elected representatives. Local elections give Coal Valley residents the chance to elect a mayor and city council members who will shape the future of the community. Voters also have a say in state and federal elections, ensuring that their political values are represented on a larger scale. Overall, politics are an important part of life in Coal Valley, IL and its residents make sure their voices are heard during each election cycle.
The political climate in Coal Valley, IL is leaning conservative.
Rock Island County, IL is somewhat liberal. In Rock Island County, IL 54.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rock Island county remained strongly Democratic, 54.8% to 42.7%.
Rock Island county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Coal Valley, IL is leaning conservative.
Rock Island County, Illinois is somewhat liberal.
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Coal Valley, Illinois: D D D D d 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 Coal Valley, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 162 contributions totaling $46,012 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $284 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 112 contributions totaling $16,624 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)