Adair, IL is a small rural town located in the heart of Central Illinois. The town has a population of about 2,000 people who are proud to call Adair their home. Politics in Adair are mostly driven by local issues such as the upkeep and improvement of roads and bridges, development of public parks, and education initiatives. Local government meetings often feature lively debates over how best to serve the citizens of Adair. Political candidates from all major parties regularly come to Adair looking for votes from residents during election seasons. All political campaigns strive to show that their plans would benefit the citizens of Adair and make it an even better place to live.
The political climate in Adair, IL is moderately conservative.
McDonough County, IL is moderately conservative. In McDonough County, IL 40.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McDonough county remained very strongly Republican, 57.0% to 40.5%.
McDonough county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Adair, IL is moderately conservative.
McDonough County, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Macomb Metro Area is moderately 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.
Adair, Illinois: r r d 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 Adair, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $1,520 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $253 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $370 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)