Canton, IL is a small town located in Fulton County. It has a long history of being politically active, with its citizens having been involved in municipal, state and national elections for many generations. In local politics, the citizens of Canton come out to vote and are actively involved in the decision-making process. The most recent election saw the re-election of incumbent Mayor Roger Smith who ran against challenger William Allen. The election saw a high voter turnout with citizens engaged in spirited debate over the issues that mattered most to them. There were also several other local candidates running for offices such as Alderman and Treasurer. The people of Canton take their civic duties seriously and will continue to be politically active in the years ahead.
The political climate in Canton, IL is somewhat conservative.
Fulton County, IL is moderately conservative. In Fulton County, IL 38.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fulton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.0% to 38.9%.
Fulton county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Canton, IL is somewhat conservative.
Fulton County, Illinois is moderately 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.
Canton, Illinois: D d D D 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 Canton, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 842 contributions totaling $42,664 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 362 contributions totaling $25,896 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)