Taylorville, IL is a small community located in central Illinois. Despite its small size, the local politics of Taylorville are an important part of the city’s identity. Taylorville has a mayor who is responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of the city as well as representing the city’s interests to other municipalities and state agencies. The City Council is responsible for passing laws and ordinances regulating businesses, public services, and housing within the city limits. Every two years, citizens of Taylorville elect local political candidates to serve on the City Council and guide their community towards a brighter future. Several committees have been established in Taylorville to ensure that all voices are heard during important decisions that affect the city’s future. Overall, the politics in Taylorville are active and passionate which is reflective of its proud history and tight-knit community.
The political climate in Taylorville, IL is moderately conservative.
Christian County, IL is very conservative. In Christian County, IL 26.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Christian county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.2% to 26.7%.
Christian county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Taylorville, IL is moderately conservative.
Christian County, Illinois is very conservative.
Taylorville Metro Area 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.
Taylorville, 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 Taylorville, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 720 contributions totaling $61,420 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,218 contributions totaling $330,576 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $271 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)