Crainville, Illinois is a small town with a population of about 6,000 people. It has a long and proud history of democratic government in city affairs. Crainville's mayor is mandated to act as the chief executive officer and preside over all city meetings and appointments. The mayor is elected by the citizens of Crainville every four years. The city council consists of nine members who are elected to staggered terms of four years each, and they are responsible for enacting ordinances and resolutions that guide the town's overall direction. Crainville also elects nonpartisan members to its Board of Education, who oversee the local public school system. Additionally, the town elects representatives for state offices such as senator or governor as well as federal offices like Congressman or President. Local elections are held every two years for these offices, providing residents with regular opportunities to participate in their government and influence American politics at home and abroad.
The political climate in Crainville, IL is moderately 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
Crainville, IL is moderately 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.
Crainville, 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 Crainville, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 256 contributions totaling $27,347 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $12,285 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $293 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)