Godley, IL is a small town located in central Illinois with a population of around 4,000 people. Despite its small size, Godley has a vibrant political scene and important decisions are made at the local level that have an impact on the community. The mayor is elected every two years and there are four members on the city council who make many of the day-to-day decisions in Godley. In addition to these local offices, residents of Godley typically take part in larger state and national elections such as voting for representatives in Congress or for state governors. Overall, politics plays an important role in Godley’s culture and citizens work hard to ensure that their voices are heard both locally and throughout the region.
The political climate in Godley, IL is leaning conservative.
Will County, IL is somewhat liberal. In Will County, IL 53.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Will county remained moderately Democratic, 53.1% to 44.8%.
Will county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Godley, IL is leaning conservative.
Will County, Illinois is somewhat liberal.
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metro Area is very 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.
Godley, Illinois: r r 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 Godley, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $80 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)