East Galesburg, IL is a small town located in Knox County. Although it is a relatively small community, there are still several local political issues that affect daily life for the residents. Local government leaders work diligently to ensure the needs of the community are met and that all citizens have a voice in decisions made. In terms of politics, East Galesburg leans toward more conservative values such as fiscal responsibility, limited government intervention, and pro-life beliefs. Despite this fact, candidates from both major parties do exist in East Galesburg and can often be seen actively campaigning for their respective positions. The local elections are always hotly contested as everyone wants to make sure their voices are heard and that their views are represented in local government.
The political climate in East Galesburg, IL is leaning conservative.
Knox County, IL is leaning conservative. In Knox County, IL 46.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Knox county remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 46.1%.
Knox county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East Galesburg, IL is leaning conservative.
Knox County, Illinois is leaning conservative.
Galesburg Metro Area is leaning 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.
East Galesburg, 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 East Galesburg, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,234 contributions totaling $75,222 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 640 contributions totaling $483,612 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $756 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)