Bentley, IL is a small town located in central Illinois. It is well known for its tight-knit community and traditional values. Politically, Bentley is generally conservative; most citizens are in favor of fiscal responsibility and maintaining the status quo. While there are no local political candidates running at the moment, it is likely that many residents will get involved in upcoming elections to ensure that their voices are heard. The town works together to ensure that decisions made by elected officials will reflect the wishes of the majority of its inhabitants.
The political climate in Bentley, IL is very conservative.
Hancock County, IL is very conservative. In Hancock County, IL 24.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hancock county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.4% to 24.6%.
Hancock county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bentley, IL is very conservative.
Hancock County, Illinois is very conservative.
Fort Madison-Keokuk 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.
Bentley, 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 Bentley, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 73 contributions totaling $1,241 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 48 contributions totaling $2,457 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)