Coal City, IL is a small town located in Will County. It has a long history of being a politically active town. The residents take pride in staying up-to-date on the political news and voting on election day. Every four years, the town elects a mayor and members to its city council. These local politicians are dedicated to making sure the citizens have access to jobs, education, and services that will improve their quality of life. The city also works with other governments to bring business and investment opportunities to Coal City. Local leaders are always looking for new ways to make sure Coal City remains a vibrant place to live.
The political climate in Coal City, IL is moderately conservative.
Grundy County, IL is strongly conservative. In Grundy County, IL 36.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grundy county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.8% to 36.0%.
Grundy county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Coal City, IL is moderately conservative.
Grundy County, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metro Area is very 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.
Coal City, Illinois: r 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 Coal City, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 171 contributions totaling $5,164 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 265 contributions totaling $26,476 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)