Politics in Atlanta, IL are dominated by the Democratic Party, with the majority of local politicians representing the party's values. The city council has seven members and is chaired by Mayor Alex Holmes, who was elected in 2019. Top priorities for the current council include economic development, public safety, and education. Local candidates running for office typically focus on these issues as well as other issues important to Atlanta residents such as transportation and infrastructure. Additionally, the government works hard to promote diversity and inclusion in all areas of Atlanta politics. This includes efforts to ensure fair representation of all races and genders in local elections as well as initiatives to increase voter participation in elections throughout the city.
The political climate in Atlanta, IL is strongly conservative.
Logan County, IL is very conservative. In Logan County, IL 28.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Logan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.6% to 28.8%.
Logan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Atlanta, IL is strongly conservative.
Logan County, Illinois is very conservative.
Lincoln 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.
Atlanta, 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 Atlanta, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $2,015 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $2,501 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)