Granville, IL is a small rural town in Putnam County. It has a strong sense of community and residents take pride in their local politics. In recent years, the town has been represented by a range of candidates from both major political parties. The local elections focus on providing essential services to the community and creating a better quality of life for the people who live in Granville. Residents take part in vigorous campaigns to ensure that their chosen candidate will be elected into office. Issues such as taxes, infrastructure, education, healthcare, and crime prevention are all topics of discussion during election season. Everyone is passionate about having their voices heard and making sure that Granville maintains its reputation as a thriving, safe community with plenty of amenities for its citizens.
The political climate in Granville, IL is somewhat conservative.
Putnam County, IL is moderately conservative. In Putnam County, IL 39.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Putnam county remained very strongly Republican, 58.7% to 39.4%.
Putnam county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Granville, IL is somewhat conservative.
Putnam County, Illinois is moderately 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.
Granville, 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 Granville, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $318 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $885 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $221 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)