Brighton, IL is a small city located in Macoupin County, Illinois. It has a population of approximately 2,100 people and is known for its rural, agricultural background. Residents of Brighton are served by a mayor-council government system which consists of a Mayor and six Aldermen. The Mayor and Aldermen are all elected members who serve four-year terms. In recent years the community has seen several controversial issues such as land development, budgeting, taxation, and public safety which have been hotly debated from local candidates during election cycles. The Brighton community is an engaged one when it comes to politics and many citizens attend local political debates and meetings to stay informed about their government representatives and local decisions that may affect their lives.
The political climate in Brighton, IL is strongly conservative.
Macoupin County, IL is very conservative. In Macoupin County, IL 30.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Macoupin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.1% to 30.6%.
Macoupin county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brighton, IL is strongly conservative.
Macoupin 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.
Brighton, Illinois: d 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 Brighton, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 68 contributions totaling $3,384 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 70 contributions totaling $10,994 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)