Elmwood, IL is a small town located in the heart of Illinois. It is known for its quaint charm and tight-knit community. The town has a mayor and six members on the board of trustees who work together to make decisions that will benefit Elmwood's citizens. They focus on maintaining the quality of life within their community by ensuring public safety, managing infrastructure projects, and providing services to residents such as police protection and rubbish collection. They also have a number of committees devoted to specific topics like finance and economic development which are tasked with creating plans for the betterment of Elmwood. In addition, the town hosts many events throughout the year which bring residents together in celebration of their shared culture. With dedicated leaders and citizens working together, Elmwood's political system ensures that everyone's voices are heard as they strive to make their town an even better place to live.
The political climate in Elmwood, IL is leaning conservative.
Peoria County, IL is leaning liberal. In Peoria County, IL 51.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Peoria county remained moderately Democratic, 51.9% to 45.6%.
Peoria county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elmwood, IL is leaning conservative.
Peoria County, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Peoria Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Elmwood, Illinois: d d D d d d
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 Elmwood, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 35 contributions totaling $2,540 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $2,751 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)