Gibson City, Illinois is an idyllic small town in the heart of the Midwest where a strong sense of community and local pride are major values. It has been home to generations of families who have long valued the peace and quiet of small-town living while also staying connected to larger cities nearby. Politically, Gibson City is a largely blue-leaning city, with progressive values such as education reform and economic justice at the forefront of its political agenda. Local candidates for office tend to focus on issues that will benefit their residents, such as improving access to quality healthcare, protecting our environment, and creating more jobs for local workers. Despite being much smaller than its surrounding cities, Gibson City still strives to make sure its citizens’ voices are heard on the state level by encouraging civic engagement and providing a platform for local candidates to get their message out.
The political climate in Gibson City, IL is strongly conservative.
Ford County, IL is very conservative. In Ford County, IL 25.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.5% to 25.2%.
Ford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gibson City, IL is strongly conservative.
Ford County, Illinois is very conservative.
Champaign-Urbana Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Gibson City, 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 Gibson City, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 36 contributions totaling $2,609 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 84 contributions totaling $8,322 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)