Goreville, IL is a small town located in Johnson County. It is a rural area with a population of just over 1,000 people and is known for its beautiful scenery and peaceful atmosphere. While Goreville does not have a mayor or any other elected official, it does have a Town Council that is responsible for managing the city’s affairs. The Town Council consists of five members who are all elected by residents of Goreville every four years. The Council meets on the first Monday of each month to discuss local issues and make decisions that affect the citizens of Goreville. These meetings are open to the public and provide an opportunity for residents to voice their concerns or ask questions about how their town is run. In addition, the Town Council also has a strong relationship with local law enforcement agencies, ensuring that everyone in Goreville feels safe and secure in their community.
The political climate in Goreville, IL is strongly conservative.
Johnson County, IL is very conservative. In Johnson County, IL 19.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Johnson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.4% to 19.9%.
Johnson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Goreville, IL is strongly conservative.
Johnson County, Illinois is very 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.
Goreville, 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 Goreville, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 128 contributions totaling $3,906 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $2,822 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)