Arenzville, IL is a small town located in Cass County with a population of around 600 people. Despite its size, Arenzville has an active local political scene, with many different camps vying for control in the city's elections. The two major parties in Arenzville are the Republican and Democratic Parties, which have been competing for voters since the town's founding. Both parties hold regular primary and election campaigns throughout the year to ensure their candidate's names are on the ballot come election day. The most recent election saw two candidates vie for Mayor of Arenzville: Republican candidate Joe Smith and Democrat candidate Jane Doe. Despite being a small town, Arenzville sees some passionate debates between the opposing sides when it comes to local politics and each candidate made a strong case for why they should be elected. Ultimately, Joe Smith was successful in his bid to become Mayor of Arenzville by a wide margin. This shows how important local politics can be in even the smallest towns throughout America.
The political climate in Arenzville, IL is strongly conservative.
Cass County, IL is very conservative. In Cass County, IL 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cass county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.1% to 30.3%.
Cass county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Arenzville, IL is strongly conservative.
Cass 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.
Arenzville, 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 Arenzville, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $1,700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)