Assumption, IL is a small town in Central Illinois with a population of around 1,500. Local politics in Assumption, IL are largely focused on the wellbeing of the community as a whole and making sure that the town continues to thrive. The main issues that local politicians are focused on include job growth, economic development, and schools. There has been some discussion lately about increasing the number of businesses in Assumption as well as improving existing ones. This would help increase the number of jobs available for locals and could boost the economy by bringing in more money to the town. Additionally, there have been talks about investing in education and providing better resources for local students so they can thrive academically. There are many different political candidates running in Assumption this year and each has their own ideas on how to best serve the community.
The political climate in Assumption, IL is strongly 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
Assumption, IL is strongly 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.
Assumption, 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 Assumption, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $3,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $2,705 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $246 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)