Breese, IL is a small town in Clinton County with a population of over 3,000 people. The government of Breese is overseen by the city council which consists of five members that are elected to four-year terms. The mayor of Breese is also an elected official and serves as the city's chief executive. Breese has had some recent political activity with candidates running for local offices in the 2020 election, such as mayor and city council members. Candidates have been campaigning on issues important to the residents of Breese including infrastructure improvements, economic development, public safety and other local concerns. Residents are encouraged to get involved and participate in the democratic process by voting for their preferred candidate in order to ensure that their voices are heard and their needs are addressed.
The political climate in Breese, IL is strongly conservative.
Clinton County, IL is very conservative. In Clinton County, IL 23.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clinton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.4% to 23.4%.
Clinton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Breese, IL is strongly conservative.
Clinton County, Illinois is very conservative.
St. Louis Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Breese, 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 Breese, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 160 contributions totaling $1,272 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $8 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $18,681 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $812 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)