Crab Orchard, IL is a small rural town in Southern Illinois with a rich political tradition. The town has been home to a number of influential politicians throughout its history, including former U.S. Representative Paul Findley and former Governor Richard Ogilvie. Despite its small size, the politics of Crab Orchard have always been passionate and important to the community. In recent years, the local elections have been contested between two main parties: the Democrats and Republicans. There are several local candidates from each party who are vying for office in this year's election cycle, and their campaigns have been heating up as Election Day draws closer. The people of Crab Orchard are eager to cast their votes for the candidate they feel best represents their values and interests. Whoever is elected will play an important role in determining the future of Crab Orchard, IL and it will be interesting to follow how this election season plays out.
The political climate in Crab Orchard, IL is very conservative.
Williamson County, IL is very conservative. In Williamson County, IL 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Williamson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.6% to 30.3%.
Williamson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crab Orchard, IL is very conservative.
Williamson County, Illinois is very conservative.
Carbondale-Marion Metro Area 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.
Crab Orchard, 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 Crab Orchard, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 638 contributions totaling $117,796 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 349 contributions totaling $469,599 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,346 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)